A series of portraits created to celebrate the launch of an upcoming book - Poet Town, The Poets and Poetry of Hastings and Thereabouts.
Each poet was asked to choose the location for their photoshoot - a place that held a special meaning and significance for them.
The project has been both a love letter to my hometown and an exploration - of how these special places hold and inspire us and how they can become part of us.
The photos will feature in the book and as an exhibition to be launched in September 2025 as part of Hastings Book Festival.
Nick Webb, on Bulverhythe Beach, St Leonards
Grace Pilkington, in Bembrook Play Park, West Hill
Penny Pepper, in Hastings Museum
Salena Godden, on the Firehills
Iain Sinclair, in front of The Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards
Naomi Woods, Walking down from the West Hill
A K Benedict, on the West Hill Funicular Railway
Jude Montague, on Kings Road, St Leonards
Oli Spleen, outside St Clements Church, The Old Town
Alice Denny, behind her old family home, St Helens Woods
Tim Rich, looking down to the Beacon Track, West Hill
Henry Normal, on the street near Hastings Library
Orna Ross, in Church in the Wood graveyard, St Leonards
Jane Midwinter, on the lane that led to her family home, Fairlight
