Bedrooms and Occupants.
FIRST EDITION. 2026

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Details

Installation piece
Handbound Paperback book, 21 x 16cm, Bedside table, and everything on it, Tapestry piece with free hand sewing, printed photos paintings and words, 2026

Overview

The first edition of Bedrooms and Occupants is a collection of 26 photograph series, and handwritten audio transcripts focusing on 2nd year university students in Edinburgh. For this first series, the goal was to understand the relationship between students and their bedrooms, and the importance of it, as a place of expression, respite and retreat.

All the photographs were taken on my Grandad’s old Minolta, using Ilford HP5 plus film, which I developed and printed myself. I interviewed all my subjects and collected their handwriting which I brought into the final book project.

These photographs show the tapestry piece I made in effort to create a duvet like installation, to evoke the feelings of comfort and cosiness within the final piece.

This installation was displayed as part of the ECA’s ‘Half Baked’ exhibition, in March of 2026.