"I am interested in exploring the adoption and commonality of the photographic image in contemporary society, particularly as a mediator to physical relationships and our personal and collective identities. My work considers structures of image distribution, engagement and meaning to produce images, objects, audio and films."

Due to some of the most divisive family immigration policies in the world, thousands of British families are forcibly separated by the Home Office. As a result, they must communicate with each other via 'modern means of communication', leading to the rise of what are now being referred to as ‘Skype Families’.

C-R92/BY seeks to investigate how one maintains a relationship with a family member who has been physically and geographically removed from one’s life and is reduced to a two-dimensional image; what does it mean to take the irrefutably unique and transfer it into the infinitely replicable?

Samuel Fordham is a multidisciplinary artist, manipulating photography, text, moving image and sound to explore hidden narratives around childhood, family welfare and equality. He was selected as one of the winning laureates for the 2019 Edition of Carte Blanche.