My work is routed in the exploration of Gentrification in Birmingham City Centre and how it has shaped the urban landscape we see today. To explore this broad theme, I use photography to document areas of the City Centre from Smallbrook Queensway to Digbeth, gathering a visual account of the city through my lens. I aim to be unbiased in my approach, opting to reflect both the negative and positive aspects of gentrification. I have expanded my practice, and I am developing my skill as multi-disciplinary artist using my drawing skills of patterns and merging it with my imagery drawing inspiration from Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat. Through working in this way, I can communicate my ideas in a diverse way, the viewer is forced to look at the bigger picture taking in the range of layers and texture. Working in such a way has also allowed me to develop my identity as a photographer and develop my work as a multi-disciplinary artist.

I want my work to reflect our ever-changing city, but I want to do it in a way that it is easily accessible for viewers. My projects are aimed at highlighting change, I have used my love of history previously to compile an archive showcasing the city now and then. This current of body work is a development of this idea, showcasing gentrified Birmingham with an objective lens. I like to think that the work I have created for my project is a keynote of Birmingham’s history and can be used to document change in this ever-evolving modern landscape of 2025 and beyond which leaves me with question for the person reading this, what’s your thoughts on gentrification? Has our city changed for the worse or better, what can we do to highlight change as we see it before us?