Ladders is an installation taking as a starting point a series of research photographs made 10 years previously. Stemming from a longstanding fascination with the human acts of construction, fabrication and DIY, I began to investigate workspaces, and in this specific warehouse discovered a series of purpose-built ladders created by workers to reach and repair sections of trains. The workers rebuilt and repurposed the structures time and time again, in each instance producing a new platform from which to gain access, before beginning the process of mending once more. Inspired by these seemingly ‘ad-hoc’ yet quite intentional manifestations of problem solving, I introduce methods similar to those used by the workers into the gallery space - employing the materials and visual languages encountered within the specific site to create a photographic-sculptural response.