Portrait nominee

Leah and Chloe


Leah and Chloe are Identical twins, born in 2005. Born 3 months premature, weighing just 2lb 4oz. The girls have grown into strong independent young ladies. They love school, with Maths, P.E and Drama being their favourite subjects. Street Cast into modelling two years ago, they have enjoyed many new experiences, visited beautiful locations and made many friends. Being a Twin has a unique bond which has been fascinating to watch as the girls have grown up. Leah is more outgoing and adventurous where Chloe is quite reserved and creative, they are in sync with each other often replying at the same time or start singing dancing at the same moment. In the Future they would like to carry on modelling, to do more acting and to have an animal rescue sanctuary.

I came to photography almost by accident in my late twenties, and in the few years since that time, it has transformed my life.

My grandfather was a keen amateur photographer, shooting in black and white, and growing up I always enjoyed his pictures, without knowing it would one day become my passion. My grandmother also created colour painting from his photos, which I helped her with as a child. Yet despite this early introduction to photography, I thought of it as something where I admired other people’s work, but never thought of one day l will go the same way.
For most of my young adult life, I enjoyed took pictures of everyday moments using a mobile phone. Because I couldn’t find a phone with good quality at that time, I decided to buy a camera and from that day, my 29th birthday, I was born again.
For the first month I felt intimidated by the camera and its complex functions, so I hid it under my bed, only sometimes taking it out to open the box, look at it, and put it away again.

Luckily my house mate, also photographer pushed me to try. So I began, and