I am interested in exploring the relationship between personal histories and the identity of place, between architecture and collective memory. I have had several major exhibitions in Italy, one of which was in an old asylum (Imola), another in a gallery within the confines of an ancient, de-consecrated church (Castel Bolognese) and a third in an 18th century Palazzo (Faenza ). The superimposing of the present over layers of the past is a concept relevant to my current research – a dialogue between art and the traces left by those who have gone before. These images convey evidence of the rituals accompanying our use of buildings, fragments of our hopes and fears.

Photography: Abandoned places

Ellis Island, New York (2006)

Ospedale L'Osservanza, Imola, Italy (2006)