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Some of my favourite shots from theatre, dance and music productions.

Currently many protests, despite all peaceful intentions, do not require much to boil over as discontent grows. On both sides, those taking part in these actions are dehumanised, generalised by the media and the country as a whole. It is much easier to talk about ‘kettling’ or ‘horse charges’ if it is a scary, faceless mob, just as it easier to swear at a policeman if you forget he has child. Although I was part of the protest in this case, I was determined to try and capture not just the conflict of two mobs, but the individuality within it.

Travelling through Estonia, I was drawn to how the country deals with its different historical identities: European, Scandinavian, Baltic and Soviet. How does it deal with its history of occupation and oppression? Bitterness or forgiveness? I saw a nation eager to leave hatred behind, see the humanity in all. I saw memorials for the Estonian, Russian and even German dead of WW2. I saw Soviet statues, torn down in most ex-soviet countries, carefully tucked away behind fences, and I saw passports, ID papers and other German and Russian memorabilia, casually thrown together for sale in markets.

My set for my magnum application!