Over ninety portraits of girls aged between ten and twelve, on the transition from childhood to young adulthood.

The starting point was the maker's own memory of an age at which one is so vulnerable to little comments, the mind so impressionable, and that self-consciousness which suddenly descends from nowhere. It is a complicated and fascinating time: while you are being shaped into your soon-to-be adult form, your opinions and beliefs, hopes and fears are emerging. There is a beauty to this age that is sometimes concealed in attitude, embarrassment and self-consciousness.

Girls between ten and twelve are marketed to as tweens and seen as a group; they become invisible as individuals. Some parents describe the age as ungainly, awkward, growing into their faces. The subjects here were connected directly to the process: after each sitting they were interviewed with the same set of questions and the answers recorded. They are amazing, fearless, fearful, brave, funny and smart, getting ready to take on the world.