Graphic collage featuring the word 'patched' with a T-shirt design and color swatches in shades of purple and beige.

Patched was a brand concept born out of an idea I had for celebrating how bad of a photographer I can be. Often, I just well and truly fuck it. Especially whilst shooting on film, and I would be incredibly frustrated getting these 'mistakes' back from the lab. Completely discarding them into the bin of my own self-doubt as a photographer in a frenzy to forget that I'm still a student of the medium and always will be.

But I feel like mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the greatest things in the world; they make learning possible, they make growth and improvement a reality. These repurposed images represent my appreciation for the chance to get better at something I get such a buzz out of.

"patched" handwritten on graph paper in a sketch style
Sketched word 'patched' on graph paper with guidelines
Hand-drawn word "patched" with architectural guidelines on graph paper
Hand-drawn text 'patched' in pencil on graph paper
The word 'patched' in colorful gradient text on a black background.
Abstract collage of colorful blurred rectangles with the word 'patched' in white text overlaying the middle row.

Gallery

35mm film mistakes shot across various film stocks from portra 400 to fuji c200, developed and scanned at both Take it easy nlab in leeds and a&m imaging in edinburgh - curated and exhibited below.