Copywriting & Storytelling. 

Yana Northen

about this project

How to Grow Shamrock in England is an ongoing photographic exploration of family memory, Irish roots, and the stories passed down through generations.

What happens when a family story begins to reveal something unexpected?

Through photographs, fragments of archives, and traces of the past, I follow the threads between memory, identity, and belonging.

It began with a question.

David had always known that his roots were Irish. Growing up in England, he listened to the stories his father told about their family and the lives they had left behind.

Years later, I began asking him about those stories.

We looked through old photographs, tried to remember names and places, and followed small fragments of family history.

What began as a conversation slowly became a journey into the past — one that is still unfolding.