Why 27?
A photographic practice built around a simple constraint.
Take exactly 27 photographs—without previewing, replacing or deleting any frame—present the complete sequence in the order it was made.
The constraint.
Take exactly 27 photographs. There are no previews, replacements or deletions. Every frame is kept and the photographs are presented in their original order.
The sequence is the story. Together, these sequences form a growing archive
What happens when we choose to photograph less?
Digital photography gives us an endless supply of images. We can shoot, check, delete and try again until we get the photograph we want. Thousands of photographs accumulate on phones, memory cards and cloud storage, many of them rarely revisited.
Twenty Seven introduces a deliberate limit. The number nods to the 27 exposures found in many disposable cameras. With only 27 frames, each press of the shutter becomes a choice. The selection happens at the shutter, not afterwards.
The subject.
A morning with family. The daily commute. A holiday. A walk in the woods. A familiar face. Light moving through a room. How a moment felt.
The subject can be almost anything; the constraint remains. It is the sequence, rather than the subject alone, that creates the story. What connects each sequence is the person behind the camera: their attention, their life and what they chose to photograph within it.
The archive.
Twenty Seven begins as a record of one life. Each completed sequence is numbered and added to the archive. Viewed alone, a sequence records one subject or stretch of time. Viewed together, the sequences reveal patterns, repetitions and changes that only appear over time.
Family life and quieter studies of light, place or form can sit together because each begins with the same act of looking. That continuity—not a single subject—is what holds the archive together.