In photos: What it’s like to be young, fun and full of dreams

“Although the last six months have been quite surreal, I’ve been the most free I have ever been,” she explains. “I am so grateful for my friends because they really helped me during this time, letting me stay on their sofas, making me food – even if they had stolen it.” The portraits in her latest series tell the story of this picaresque life – the highs and the lows. “In the past few months, I have soaked up everything, dressed up all the time for no real reason, and had so many spontaneous nights and days.”

She tells us, “My community means so much to me and the idea of Shared Dreams stemmed from us planning our futures together. Everyone I’m friends with is creative to some degree. We all hear about each other’s dreams, we pray for them and work on them together. We all hope that it will be a knock-on effect, one of us gets an opportunity and the whole friendship group thrives.”

While some of the photographs in her latest book depict Brackstone realising some of her dreams (“Editorials, my first book launch, fashion week, a trip to Paris…”), the main narrative to emerge is of leaving her beloved Manchester to take her chances in London. “I’m not sure what part three has in store quite yet. It may predominantly be set in London, I think? I need to push myself to discover worlds beyond my own and what’s comfortable. The last two books have been about seeing the beauty in everyone around me, the next part should probably be about seeing the beauty in me.”

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