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Below are some thoughts, experiments, and ongoing projects of mine.
Below are some thoughts, experiments, and ongoing projects of mine.
It's been so long! Lots to catch up! I moved to California to pursue my PhD and have been taking a bit of a break with photography. However, I was able to mount some of my older work I developed in Toronto for my first ever solo Exhibition at the Glass Box Gallery! Here are some photos of the show "Spokespeople."
I debuted my work at my first group exhibition in July! This was a group exhibition in the Production Gallery at Gallery44 in 401 Richmond. Thank you to my Low Res program cohort, Darren, and Camille for all your help and support.
The workshop space is part of my larger interest in DIY-communities and has been a subject of my practice since entering the Toronto bike mechanic community in the last few years. This photo series documents close-ups of the mechanics and workshop space while gesturing to the motion, effort, mechanisms, and human-machine interactions that come into play. While the larger workshop is unseen, these intimate photographs frame the mechanic’s eye on the machine, honing in on small alterations and fixes with expert precision. This process sees a parallel between the DIY practice of bike upkeep and the process of darkroom developing and printing. A special thank you to Charlie's Freewheels, Stephanie, Howard, Kai, and Ollie for their participation and collaboration.
I've been dreaming of taking photos of my bikeshop for a while and finally got around to it last weekend while preparing for my debut group show at Gallery 44. I've been working as a volunteer and career bike mechanic for over two years now, working at several bike shops across Toronto. Getting more into photography, I wanted to experiment with a photoshoot that centres a community I am directly a part of with people and issues I know. The experimentation and aesthetics were framed around movement, labour, motion, collaboration, and community.
The stills were taken on BW Kentmere 400 on a point-and-shoot Canon Sure Shot Owl and developed DIY at Gallery44.
Crit Salon is a quarterly event at the Tranzac Club in Toronto organized by Saffron Maeve where writers and critics come to read their work in a more intimate, thoughtful and live setting than the typical facelss asynchronized reading experience. This was my second crit salon to attend and I so enjoy the cultivate space - bumping into friends on the street before to find we're heading to the same event, hearing writers that I've only ever read, being surrounded by intimidating but surprisingly friendly people who I start to recognize from other spaces. I asked Saffron if she would be open to me documenting the event and she requested I bring my miniDV camcorder - I brought a point and shoot I'd been meaning to test out as a backup. I've been commissioned to do a couple live events but I always feel like I learn so much from the candid space, especially when it is filled with other artists who are more than happy to give advice and feedback as I go.
The stills were taken on BW Kentmere 400 on a point-and-shoot Canon Sure Shot Owl and developed at Annex photo. The screenshots of video were taken on my Canon ZR85 Digital Camcorder on Maxell tapes with DIY digitization using OBS.
Shot on Minolta XE-7 using Portra 160 and trying out compositions with 28mm lens. I shot these at 150 ISO on my camera and wish I'd adjusted to 100 ISO or pushed it to 200. Many of the shots on this roll were underexposed.
This is a roll shot in 2023 in Toronto and Johannesburg on Minolta XE-7 using Kentmere 400 pushed to 1600. I finally had it developed at Annex Photo in June 2025.
These are process shots of BW printing in the darkroom using colour negative film.
These images were taken on a roll of Kodak 200 with a 50mm and 28mm lens featuring behind the scenes from Low Res Gallery44 workshop and experiments with a wide angle lens.
These were images taken in May 2025 using Lomography ISO100 film on an Minolta XE-7 with development and scanning at Annex Photo. I'm still getting used to lower ISO film and these definitely came out richer than expected when shot in direct sunlight outside.
These were images taken for a screening at Media Commons in December 2024 as part of the POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE series.
Over the last several years, I have been making art and experimenting independently in Photography, Film and Video. This was inspired by my grandmother-a photographer herself-my peers and my academic background in film studies but is largely consistent of self-taught experimentation and results. This page details some of the updates regarding my work, further experiments, new avenues of interest and thought processes relating to my image-based work.
August 2023:While working at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, I participated in several workshops in shooting and developing Super8 and 16mm film in black & white and in colour. I recently participated in a "Film as Object" workshop with the Media Commons at the University of Toronto exploring archival and preservation practices in film. For the summer, I will work as one of the Collections Assessment Assistants at VTape in Toronto. I'm currently working with analogue film and photography and video, I have been working towards shooting collaborative experimental films, documentary video and photography projects.
October 2023: I'm building a darkroom in my basement! I've wanted to have the facilities to practice and make prints in a home studio to strengthen my practice and make it more mobile, hopefully being able to transition my work between my two residences in Johannesburg, South Africa and Toronto, Canada.
February 2024: The darkroom is built! Since October, I've been working on developing B&W 35mm rolls and scanning them at home. This year, my goal is to learn how to bucket develop analog Double 8mm moving-image film and colour still film. My filmmaking using camcorders has continued and I'm currently working on a project with Charlie's Freewheels. The project "L'Eau de la Shwin" is inspired by the Super 8 filmmaker Teo Hernandez and revolves around movement and the tactility of bicycle mechanics.
