London-based photographer Finnegan Travers finds his focus in the familiar, turning his lens toward friends and fleeting moments. Working exclusively with traditional darkroom techniques, Travers draws out rich colours and tones in both his portraiture and landscapes, whether in monochrome or full technicolour. His latest work, showing as part of Clutching at Ornaments at Whitechapel’s Gallery 46, meditates on intimacy, connection and the liminal spaces in-between.

Name: Finnegan Travers

Age: 31

Location: London

Camera of choice: Impossible to choose, but between the Nikon F2 and Mamiya 7.

Preferred subject: Human beings.

Favourite time of the day to shoot: 6:46 am – 9 am.

Most recent photo you took: I just got back from Athens photographing the composer Alfie Brooks, so I think it would of been a farewell portrait of him.

How you first became interested in photography: Through my older brother, he is a few years older and whilst I was in an art class, he was next door printing in the darkroom. I was always so jealous of it and I didn’t know why until I started to do it myself.

Biggest influence: The people who surround me! Often, people who aren’t even photographers.

Favourite photography series/book: I think this often changes, but an all-time favourite is Berlin on a Dog’s Night by Gundula Schulze Eldowy.

Current project/s: I actually just installed a show yesterday with two friends Jesse Glazzard and Celia Croft. Other than that I have various projects on the go which are incredibly different from one another which is what will keep me sane!

Check out Finnegan on Instagram here.