Take Notice is an ongoing personal series in which I document small, often overlooked scenes I encounter in the streets. I’m drawn to the unspectacular and the unfiltered. This series reflects the real not by documenting dramatic events or obvious beauty, but by highlighting the subtle and honest poetry found in ordinary spaces.
In a visually saturated world where truth is often obscured, Take Notice offers a quiet resistance: an invitation to pause and really look.

Take Notice lends its name to one of the Five Ways of Wellbeing, a framework developed within social science to describe simple, evidence based actions that support mental wellbeing and a sense of happiness. Within this framework, Take Notice refers to the practice of paying attention to the present moment and to one’s surroundings, based on the idea that increased awareness helps people reconnect with their environment and find meaning and value in everyday life. This series can be seen as a visual translation of this principle.

As a photography student in the early 2000s, I always carried a camera with me. It trained me to notice beauty and moments of quiet happiness in my surroundings. When the camera gradually disappeared into a drawer, that awareness diminished. A few years ago I made conscious decision to open the drawer and dust of the camera.