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Eight thousand years ago, a shift in the tilt of Earth’s axis transformed a green and fertile land supporting human, animal and plant life into a mineral landscape of dust, rock and sand. Ghosts of the Green Sahara examines the traces of this once-green land through the geological, geographical and historical phenomena that remain in the Sahara Desert today.

I am a photographer and art director director based in the Peak District, UK. My work explores the relationship between place, time and narrative, and has a strong geographical and exploratory element. I have been fascinated by the Sahara since I was a child, so this was a satisfying project to work on.I graduated with an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the University of Arts London in 2022.