I love my partner because I put veggies & fruit in his meals to make sure he gets his vitamins.
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
This series was inspired by my friends' situation - they had to prove to the home office that their marriage was genuine through sending photographs showing their good times and devotion to each other. I found the concept of using photographs as evidence in the modern, digitalised age quite surreal, but also interesting.
- How do you show that you are in love with another person?
- What constitutes a good and genuine relationship?
In the following photographs I assigned myself a task of documenting my own relationship. I tried to inspect the triviality of gestures, the gender biases and mundane poetry of modern relationships.
I love my partner because I wash his work shirts on time for his night shifts
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
Me and my partner love each other because we share passion
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
I love my partner because I postpone my dinner, so that I can eat with him when he comes home
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
My partner loves me because he introduces me to his interests
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
I love my partner because, even though I hate ironing, I iron his shirts with pleasure
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
Me and my partner love each other because we buy clothes in similar hues, so that doing laundry is easier
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
My partner loves me because he finds solutions to everyday problems, and gives me flowers
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
I love my partner because I water the only plant in his apartment secretly
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
My partner cares for me because he does my nails when my hands are too shaky
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
I love my partner because I turn the boiler on when he's sleeping, so that he can take a hot shower before he has to leave for work
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
My partner loves me because he knows hoe much I hate taking out the rubbish, and always does it
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
My partner and I love each other because we never fight over who should have the control
Dear Home Office, Yorkshire, March 2019
