In Use is a collaborative project exploring Scottish object biographies through documentary storytelling. For this project I worked closely with Graphic Designer Megan Waterston. I focused on how everyday objects reveal layered histories, from their making and circulation to the personal and cultural meanings they gather over time.
The project combines still photography, video interviews and editorial design to document these narratives. We approached the work as both filmmakers and editors, shaping interviews and field recordings into a publication that sits between archive and essay. Our process was grounded in careful listening and observation: recording conversations, photographing objects in context and mapping connections between material culture and lived experience.
Through this, In Use became not only about the objects themselves but about the people, places and stories that bring them into focus. It shows how the ordinary can become a lens onto broader questions of memory, value and belonging.
The project combines still photography, video interviews and editorial design to document these narratives. We approached the work as both filmmakers and editors, shaping interviews and field recordings into a publication that sits between archive and essay. Our process was grounded in careful listening and observation: recording conversations, photographing objects in context and mapping connections between material culture and lived experience.
Through this, In Use became not only about the objects themselves but about the people, places and stories that bring them into focus. It shows how the ordinary can become a lens onto broader questions of memory, value and belonging.
Doo Flying
Pigeon keeping and community in Glasgow
Pigeon keeping and community in Glasgow
The Dookit is a pigeon supply shop in Glasgow’s East End, run by Alan Ingram. Part retail, part meeting space, it functions as a social hub for a small but tightly connected group of fanciers. Many visit weekly for feed, medication, and conversation — keeping the shop alive as much as it keeps the birds alive.
Braemar
Voluntary rescue in the Cairngorms
Voluntary rescue in the Cairngorms
The Braemar team has operated since 1965, responding to emergencies across one of the UK’s most remote landscapes. Entirely volunteer-run, the group trains year-round to handle avalanche risk, difficult terrain, and night navigation. This section follows their training and kit — the systems behind the scenes that keep them operational.
Handba’
An annual game played through the town
An annual game played through the town
In Jedburgh, the streets become a pitch each February as locals take part in the centuries-old game of handba’. The ball, handmade and hand-painted, passes through generations of players. This object sits at the centre of a day-long event shaped by tradition, memory, and collective motion.
Cycling Culture
Weekend rides and repair culture in Glasgow
Weekend rides and repair culture in Glasgow
Born from a shared interest in road cycling and social repair, Magic is a club with no set route. Members build, break, and ride bikes together, often out of hours and in the town. Their scarf – part identity marker, part souvenir – documents those shared moments in motion.
