Life Story Work (2008 -2012) consists of fifteen images in which I presented myself to the camera as various identities and as different life stages.

This work was inspired by the social work practice called ‘Life Story Work’ where children, who have been disconnected from their pasts as a result of being fostered or adopted, are invited to explore their past, often with the help of photographs.

I have used Photoshop in this work to montage images together and to manipulate my features or body shape as required. Flowers are present in every image and provide a thread through the series until the end of the series when the flowers enter my body. I think that my practice as a psychiatrist has allowed me to integrate and work through the different aspects of my personality, and the life stages I have lived through.

This work was exhibited in a solo show at Street Level Photoworks in 2012.