What an amazing honour it has been to work with brilliant local musician Hilary Kleinig on these portraits to promote her first ever solo album and tour – ‘alone : together’.

alone : together is a record of her solo cello compositions 🎻 Hilary says, “These pieces began as an exploration: what could I create alone, at home, with just my cello, a microphone, and a computer? At the same time, I was aware that no act of creation exists in isolation. Each work is shaped by community, collaboration, and lived experience – even when made alone. I set two rules for the process: each piece could be performed live through looping, with layers built one sound at a time, and any musical idea could only return if it had already been heard. The result is ALONE : TOGETHER – a suite of eight compositions originally created for friends, dance, theatre, and performance projects. Each explores the cello’s sonic possibilities through layering and repetition, building intricate, evolving textures from a single instrument.

Fusing influences of folk, classical, EDM, and pop, ALONE : TOGETHER moves between intimacy and expansiveness – a solo practice that becomes something collective”.

The brief was very simple and we had a wonderful shoot in the Pro Studio at @cogcreativespace, capturing these portraits and catching up since our last shoot together. The music is hauntingly beautiful – you should check it out! What an absolute treat. Thanks Hilary for the opportunity to work with you again 🙂