Cover of publication to accompany Made out of Orchards

Cover of publication to accompany Made out of Orchards commissioned and exhibited by the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol, 2022.

In 2019, the Martin Parr Foundation commissioned me to create ‘Made out of Orchards’, a new body of work exploring the cider industry today. I photographed from 2019 through to 2022 capturing the processes and traditions of cider making, including milling, building the ‘cheese’, pressing, fermenting and wassailing as well as the people who drop by for a quick half.

The resulting work captures the cider industry at a time of transition and hardship, as cider makers adapt to accommodate Brexit and the pandemic; an industry in flux, and one that may soon be lost.