As I have previously explained, in 2012, I was introduced to a boy who would soon become my step-brother. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I no longer see Noah and very much doubt I will in the near future, causing me to cut short my exploration of his condition. Noah suffers from ADHD just as I did as a kid, however, Noah suffers in a different way that I did as we suspect there is an element of Asperger or autism combined with it. Crucially, I photographed Noah with the intention that he reflected me for when I was his age as we shared similar qualities, the more obvious being male, however, covertly, both our parents are separated, we both suffered from ADHD and we both had a parent involved in relationship which cared for us. Noah was almost a reincarnation of me from my younger self, making him a helpful tool for what I was trying to portray.

My aim with this shoot was to capture images of Noah, a physical symbol of a younger me in the kind of surroundings I grew up in and the surroundings he is growing up in now. I want capture images that connote the emotions that I was feeling when I was Noah’s age as I come to terms with difficult childhood.

In this selection of images, I have pictures from our snowboarding trip at Christmas 2017 to France, Le Marais and general ones of Noah from around the house.