It’s December and we’re feeling generous.

"Working at Rolling Stone in New York a few lifetimes ago a world of photographers would come through our door to show portfolios. Often our first question was, ‘What about your personal work?’

Each year Chris O’Brien Lifehouse treats over 57,000 patients impacted by cancer. It is relentless and expensive work combatting this prevalent disease - a fight requiring big investment in technology, clinical trials, research and patient care. But often rewarding work when patients like Eleni Molden are able to spend additional years with their family that they don’t take for granted.

“Within the images I wanted to create portraits of the dancers that didn’t necessarily have personal identity, rather I wanted the focus be on certain body parts, so that the strength and poise these incredible athletes have would come to the fore.”

“I think communicating your identity as a photographer can be really difficult without a personal practice, and it can get diluted over time as trends shift, and as certain aesthetics become more popular with clients. At the core of it all you need to be able to identify (and articulate) something that is uniquely yours, and be able to come back to it time and time again to regain your creative equilibrium when you feel the pull in many directions.”