Still Northern is a documentary photography practice rooted in people, work, and place.

Based in North Lancashire, the work centres on quiet, honest stories — the hands that make things, the lives built around craft, care, land, and community. It is interested less in performance and polish, and more in what remains when things slow down.

Photographs are made deliberately and with care. Time is taken to listen, to notice, and to allow people to be seen as they are, rather than how they are expected to appear.

At the heart of Still Northern is an ongoing body of work, Those Who Make the North, a living archive of portraits and stories documenting the people who shape North Lancashire. Some stories are shared freely as part of this archive; others are commissioned by independent and ethical businesses whose work is deeply connected to place.

The practice is informed by a belief that everyday lives matter, that work carries meaning, and that stories passed quietly from one generation to the next are worth holding onto. The name Still Northern reflects both the stillness of photography and a northern identity shaped by resilience, rhythm, and continuity.

Still Northern is led by Kim Miskelly-Webster, a documentary photographer and writer whose work focuses on identity, resilience, and lived experience. Her background in storytelling, community work, and long-form documentary projects underpins an approach that values trust over transactions, and collaboration over extraction.

This work exists to create a record — not for nostalgia, but for recognition.