In March 2022, I moved to the east coast of Saudi Arabia for a six-month contract. My family stayed back in London so I was left to my own devices outside working hours. At times it was pretty isolating, but weekends were my own in a way they haven’t been in a very long time. It felt like I was in my 20s again, with the freedom to head out and shoot as many of my own photographs as I wanted.
I spent Fridays and Saturdays trying to see as much as I could, trying to get far off the beaten track. I hired a little Hyundai Accent – pretty much the smallest car you can get in a country where everyone seems to own a 4x4 – and drove out on the huge highways traversing the desert, stopping occasionally to hike out into the dunes.
