The Open Shutters Project – Katie Thistleton

The Open Shutters Project – Katie Thistleton

Katie is one of those people who, on the surface, look like they have it all. She’s young, beautiful and famous. But just before the exhibition in 2018 she published a book detailing her battles with mental health and offering advice to young people on how to...
The Open Shutters Project – Arun Kapur

The Open Shutters Project – Arun Kapur

Arun approached us because he had read about the Open Shutters online. He was a keen writer who managed a media centre in Wolverhampton. And so we had a little road trip to the Midlands to photpgraph Arun and record his video: When I announced I was hosting a virtual...
The Open Shutters Project – Ella

The Open Shutters Project – Ella

Ella Fraser was the very first person to volunteer to be photographed for Open Shutters after I published my own story. At the time, Ella worked for a mental health charity, which is how I met her. She didn’t know me very well, but she was a keen supporter of...
The Open Shutters Project – Lisa Marie Gee

The Open Shutters Project – Lisa Marie Gee

Two years ago today (September 15) was one of the proudest days of my life. An exhibition of my portraits opened at Gallery Oldham for a two-month stint. The exhibition was the pinnacle of two years of hard work, assisted by my friend and business partner, Robert...