I'm a student and documentary photographer living in Leipzig, where I recently moved from London to do a master's and learn German. I probably get the purest enjoyment from life when I'm travelling - I love the uncertainty of it, the surprises and constant visual stimulation.

My most sustained photography project so far was shot in Belarus over two trips, mostly in Minsk and the big eastern cities. It kindled a fascination with the post-Soviet space and so the first new county I visited since the pandemic was Ukraine, which seduced me fast haha.

Apart from photography, my hobbies are hiking and wild camping, techno and reading/writing about visual culture and philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To experience an alternative way of travelling and to meet interesting people from around the world :) I love learning from other creatives who work in different mediums/styles.

Interests

• writing
• architecture
• photography
• partying
• reading
• hiking
• art
• cinema
• nature
• biking
• techno
• mountain climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

I’m a techno boy (Yan Cook, 999999999, Dr Rubinstein) but I also listen a lot to Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Caterina Barbieri, Nils Frahm, William Basinski, Rachmaninoff, Bach.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked the Pennine Way (270 miles up the backbone of England from Derbyshire to Scotland) solo.

Fighting my way through undergrowth to the top of a limestone mogote in Cuba, where I stayed on a ledge for a couple of hours watching a thunderstorm in the company of a tarantula.

Skydiving in Brazil was probably the single most exhilarating activity I’ve ever done ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach analogue photography, the history of the medium.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Italy