Be yourselves. Best behaviour optional.

Alice Chapman is a documentary photographer and mentor based in Cambridge, UK. Her work focusses on family and childhood.

She aims to make order out of chaos and to make art out of the ordinary. Driven to bottle character and to champion individuality, Alice photographs people being themselves: best behaviour optional.

Great photographs should be meaningful, artful and bursting with character. They should capture not just what a moment looks like, but what it feels like.

The most meaningful photos come from real life. And making them should be fun.

“We couldn't imagine being photographed by anyone else! You manage things beforehand, during and after perfectly. We completely trust you and know we'll love the end result.”

Ellie, Cambridgeshire

“Moomintroll closed his eyes and thought: how very different people are.”

Tove Jansson