The stories that matter most are often the hardest to learn.

There is a particular kind of story that history rarely remembers. It's not the stories of famous leaders or revered landmarks, of conflict or protest. It is the stories of ordinary people, living ordinary lives, that quietly disappear with the passage of time.

But those are the stories that I have been documenting for more than thirty years.

Across six continents and more than fifty countries, I have travelled to the places most people don't reach, meeting the communities who have no reason to tell their stories, witnessing the beautifully unscripted moments of everyday life before they are forgotten.

It is the record that history won't otherwise keep. After more than thirty years in the field, I have built a substantial body of work that tells how ordinary people live in places and circumstances the world rarely pauses to consider.

I serve as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Migration Agency (IOM) for the East, Horn and Southern Africa region. The appointment covers twenty-five countries, home to 634 million people. It is one of the most complex and consequential migration landscapes in the world and I am honoured to advocate for those whose stories are rarely told on one of the defining issues of our time.

I hold press accreditations from the International Federation of Journalists and the National Union of Journalists. I have delivered a TEDx talk on exploring humanity, and I work regularly with NGOs and institutions whose missions touch the lives of ordinary communities.