Skips
My drawing was not a picture of a hat
"My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Then, I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grownups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained."
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
In this series, I’ve photographed skips around London, capturing their form, colour, and content as sculptural installations of everyday life. Like a child’s drawing that is more than it first appears, each skip is a small world unto itself, filled with what we discard, as if it is digesting the city’s shifting landscape. Covered in tarpaulin to keep unwanted additions away, skips speak to gentrification’s presence, parked in front of newly bought homes and offering a raw view of change, where convenience outweighs care. Like the boa in The Little Prince, these skips ask us to look deeper than we usually do—to see not just a container, but a reflection of our habits, our lives, and the transformation of the city.
