Sam Pierce, Born 2005, Shropshire, UK​

​I am a photographic artist currently studying at Manchester Metropolitan University. I have been making photographs since the age of 14.​

​During the 2020 pandemic, I began photographing the local area I was confined to which was an environment I initially perceived as mundane, overfamiliar, and lacking in subject. At the time, I resisted its banality. However, this period became formative in shaping my practice.​

​I now challenge my early perceptions of the everyday, working to reimagine it both for myself and for others. My work is driven by an interest in, as Eggleston once said, ‘shooting democratically’, treating all subjects with equal attention and potential. I am particularly drawn to overlooked details, finding significance in them wherever I go.​

​My practice is rooted in a curiosity, constructing meaning from the familiar, and how photography can shift our understanding of the spaces we inhabit. My ethos can also be distilled into a desire to simply ‘make cool stuff’.