PHOTOMONTH 2025

I’m delighted to be exhibiting my LOVEHEARTS in the Tin Café, Haggerston as part of PhotoMonth.

For over 5 years I have been photographing the love declarations carved on the trees in Epping Forest, and I now have over a thousand of them. I then colour and print them in various ways, as they remind me of the colourful Loveheart sweets from childhood. The hearts start out perfectly carved by romantic couples but over time the bark starts to heal in unpredictable ways, and what’s left is often as messy as the love affairs themselves.

I have also turned them into street art, bringing the graffiti of the forest into the city, as a nod to the very selfish human desire to leave a mark everywhere we go, often without regard for the consequences.

WHERE:
Tin Café, 1 Middleton Road, Haggerston E8 4BL
Opening Hours:
Mon – Fri 7am to 6pm
Sat 9am to 6pm
Sun 10am to 4pm

WHEN:
2 October – 3 November 2025
Private View: To be announced