Eclipsed investigates human vulnerability and the physiological boundaries of chronic illness. The project achieved critical success and widespread institutional recognition when it was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize in 2013, subsequently exhibiting at the National Portrait Gallery in London before touring to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and other regional UK venues. The primary sitter of the series, Janet Manderson, suffers from systemic Lupus—a condition that creates a cruel paradox between the subject and the medium itself. While ultraviolet light sensitivity serves as the foundational chemical basis of the photographic process, it simultaneously functions as a volatile agent of physiological destruction for Manderson, causing her skin to blister and forcing an isolated lifestyle spent indoors away from the sun. 

The work occupies a complex space where it simultaneously succeeds and fails as a representative piece. The captured frames successfully convey an intense, collective visceral vulnerability and depict the isolating, physical challenges of living with Lupus. However, the series fails as a strict document of biography; Manderson was a remarkably fun-loving, lively, and vivacious individual, attributes entirely eclipsed by the heavy solemnity of the visual exposures. Ultimately, the project posits that photography often is not necessarily a faithful or total depiction of a human life, but rather a fluid site of tension between visibility, theatrical omission, and erasure.