Islanders

A small selection of my series of portraits of Bermudians. The small sub-tropic island is home to less than 70,000 residents. The British dependent territory is a mixture of British, West Indian and American cultures.

Islanders is a colour portrait series about presence, place and belonging in Bermuda. On a small sub-tropical archipelago of fewer than 70,000 people, lives intersect daily across parish lines, sea lanes and family histories. Bermuda is often described through its postcard hues—coral walls, turquoise shallows, hibiscus reds—but the island’s true palette lives on faces and in everyday gestures: salt on a sleeve, sun on a forehead, the quiet way someone stands at a bus stop or leans against a limestone wall after work.

These portraits are made in collaboration with the sitters, on their terms and in their spaces—porches, boatyards, church halls, playing fields, kitchens—using natural light whenever possible to honour the colour of the moment rather than invent it. The series embraces the island’s layered cultural currents—British, West Indian and American influences braided with Bermudian specificity—without reducing anyone to a type. Each picture holds one person as both themselves and as part of the wider story: an island where the Atlantic is not a backdrop but a neighbour.

Islanders aims to build a living archive: an expanding selection from a longer body of work that celebrates Bermudians with dignity, clarity and warmth. The photographs are meant to be read slowly—individually and in constellation—so viewers can feel the rhythm of a small place with a large sense of self.