How Now Is It Now?

All living things have a sensitivity to change. Plants have it. Animals have it. And I do too.

You might not think you're particularly interested in change when you photograph the city. Perhaps you think your subject is "Now!" But wait any time at all before revisiting the scene and you'll notice differences, big and small. New posters pasted over the old ones. A cool cafe opening and then closing again. A massive pile of rubble where a building used to be.

There are so many things I’ve meant to photograph "at some point" that disappeared before I did it. And sometimes something interesting comes in their place. Other times, nothing does... but the gap they leave might give you a way of seeing things you didn't have before.

I’m drawn to how all the parts are put together in the city: the combinations of concrete, stone, wood, plastic, brick, glass, metal and organic matter (including us). And constantly, everywhere, things are pulled apart again. Often, magically, in the act of destruction, objects find themselves adrift from their original purpose. A battered piano becomes a sculpture. A bookcase appears in the air.

Walking through Glasgow, I keep seeing how much effort goes into arranging things, even though much of it doesn't last. These photographs come from paying attention to this process going on around me and trying to catch it while I can.

— Glasgow, 2025-2026