This project brings together a series of instant photographs I made with Fuji FP-100C—an analogue process now discontinued and increasingly rare. Often referred to as “fujiroids,” these peel-apart prints carry a distinctive aesthetic: soft yet colourful, subtle chemical imperfections, and a tactile, one-of-a-kind material presence. Each image exists as a singular object, shaped as much by process as by subject.
“Shake it like a Polaroid picture.”
Outkast (“Hey Ya!”)
Shot across the UK, the work explores recurring themes in my practice—people, spaces, and traces. Figures appear fleetingly or not at all; environments hold the weight of lived experience; and small details hint at stories that sit just beyond reach. The immediacy of instant photography lends itself to this way of seeing. There is no delay, no post-production—just a direct encounter between moment, material, and memory.
At a time when photography is increasingly frictionless and infinite, these images resist repetition. They emphasise the physical act of making and the quiet unpredictability of the medium. What remains are fragments: of places passed through, of lives intersecting, and of the subtle imprints we leave behind.