Once given the brief of ‘Sense of Place’, I was immediately enamored with the idea of people or objects that embody a sense of place, opposed to a location or area. This was triggered by seeing peoples sentimental photos and portraits in their wallets or purses, and wondering what this picture or person may symbolise to them.

Given that everyone had just moved from their childhood homes to a new, different place, I imagined that this is a sentimental brief for us all. With this in mind, I began to think about what gives me my sense of place when I feel alone or am away from home. Ultimately, it is the people we love and cherish that ground us when we are worried or sad that are our ‘sense of place’.

So, I decided to photograph my friends, with an emphasis on capturing their surroundings as well as themselves. This is in order to remind myself, and the audience, that although the pictures may have been taken far apart from each other, they all symbolise a sense of place to me as the subjects are those who embody it.