These images are from my debut monograph 'Collected memories' (published Hatje Cantz, 2023).
"The more we see imagery of people, places and spaces, the more our individual memories are shaped by the photographs that we choose to hold onto.
As time passes and details fade, these photographs become our memories. As a result when an image is made, explicitly or subconsciously, decisions are being made about how things will be remembered.
While these images are my collected memories, they are here to be shared and possibly become yours too.
The series has evolved over the last 5 years and has coincided with a focus on mindfulness and meditation in my life.
All images were photographed on medium format film.
Good things take time."
— Mark Forbes
In terms of my general approach to photography, I am an image collector. The vast majority of my photos occur organically, very much by happenchance, usually on the way to a different destination. People often comment that my photography gives them a sense of déjà vu and longing, even when they know they’ve never been to the places in the images. However there is something very familiar, something intangible that can be related to. It is this deeper connection with the viewer that I strive to achieve through my photography.
