Publications and projects

Changing Our Lives commissions

Katherine is an Associate of Changing Our Lives, a charity that works in coproduction with people with a learning disability and/or autism to achieve ordinary life outcomes. Her work for the charity spans photography, publication design and curation.

Front and Centre (2025)

Portrait series, photo book and showcase at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.

A photography project celebrating the individual personalities of people with a profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD) and the importance of family.

In 2024, Katherine was commissioned by Changing Our Lives to work on Front and Centre, to capture a series of portraits of people with a profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD).

Katherine worked with families and care staff over several months to capture a sense of their loved ones with a PMLD. Using existing family photographs, she led reminiscence workshops centred around themes of individual identity and family life, and gave photography tutorials using disposable cameras to get family members and care staff thinking about portraiture and photography.

Conceived as a direct challenge to the absence of disability representation in mainstream art spaces—particularly the absence of people with a more profound learning disability, who are often invisible in society because of their care needs and underlying health conditions—the project culminated in a photo book and public showcase at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, which Katherine designed and curated.

The showcase was opened in April 2025 by the celebrated photographer, Dr Vanley Burke, who is renowned for his ability to capture the essence of diverse communities and the richness of the human experience. The project was funded by the Inclusive Communities Fund.

© Front and Centre (2025). Installation photography by Tod Jones. Images courtesy of the Ikon Gallery and Changing Our Lives.

Colour Between the Lines (2022)

Portrait series, publication and showcase at the Black Cultural Archives, London.

Colour Between the Lines (2022) is an oral history project led by Changing Our Lives and funded by the Heritage Lottery, which charts the individual development and successes of 7 disabled individuals from minority ethnic communities.

Between December 2021 and June 2022, Katherine was commissioned to take a series of photoshoots for this project and was responsible for the overall design of the publication.

The book was printed and launched in July 2022 at the Black Cultural Archives in London, alongside an exhibition of the portraits.

Siraaj, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Kashmire, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Caprice, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Gina, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Andrew, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Andrew and Monique, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.
Monique, from Colour Between the Lines (2022). Image courtesy of © Changing Our Lives.