A photographic project exploring landscape as a site of memory, myth and embodied history.

This body of work is rooted in the landscape of Árd Ladrann, a coastal site in County Wexford associated with one of Ireland’s earliest recorded myths. Referenced in the eleventh century Book of Invasions, the site is linked to Ladra, believed to be the first dead man buried in Irish soil. Working with the environment, the project considers how land carries layered histories, holding stories that exist between recorded history and collective memory.

Moving away from the human figure, the photographs approach landscape as a form of portraiture. The work reflects on absence, mortality, and the quiet presence of what remains unseen. The project is informed by personal reflection and an interest in how place can act as witness, retaining traces of lives, myths and experiences that continue to shape our relationship to land.