IRIS Art Tech. Every face holds worlds within, every expression its own lore. Can a static portrait tell a full story? Does it need to?
Technology can do plenty of clever things.I’m mostly interested in what it can help us feel.
Skip to the work- Story first, shutter after
- The photograph becomes a doorway
- Serious work doesn’t have to be solemn
- I’d rather make them with you than about you
- Hold your phone up to one of my portraits and it might start talking
- Humanising technology through art
- More of a person than a single frame can carry
What the AR mark means
AR portrait
This mark identifies an AR portrait. Through an app on your phone, you can bring the portrait to life. On this website, tap the portrait to see it move, or press play to hear the person’s story.
How to see it move with ArtiviveSelected work
From Still to Seen“It’s honestly magic!”
Jodie, sitter, From Still to Seen 
HAIR“I feel seen and held.”
Ruth, sitter, HAIR 
The Post-Pandemic Exhibition“The AR for the post-pandemic exhibition was mind blowing.”
Benyin, visitor 
Selected photography“The only photographer your gallery needs.”
Rita, client - All work
Portraits, with or without AR.
Photographs made with care, imagination and a sense of who you are. For yourself, your work, a relationship or a new chapter.
Choose a photographic portrait, complete in its own right, or an AR portrait that opens into sound or moving image.
Explore portrait commissions
One word came back again and again:
Seen
. What people said, in a word:“Seen.”
Stella, sitter, The Post-Pandemic Exhibition “Felt seen”
Fisayo, followed HAIR online “Seen and empowered”
Victoria, sitter, The Post-Pandemic Exhibition “Happy, excited but most of all, I felt very seen.”
Oghomwen, sitter, HAIR “I feel seen and held.”
Ruth, sitter, HAIR “Positive, joyful and connected”
Alex, exhibition visitor “Incredibly moved”
Joe, exhibition visitor “Confident and comfortable.”
Rita, client “Comfortable, beautiful, relaxed.”
Sophia, participant “Inspired!”
Angela, exhibition visitor
Listen
They’ll tell you the rest themselves.
Tap a face, or the pill, to hear a few seconds from their own interview.
How I work
More of a personthan a single frame can carry.
Stevenson, from HAIR AR portrait
HAIR · Ferens Art Gallery, 2025See the project
I’m Raheena Mohammed, Rayh to most people.
I’m a photographer, artist and creative technologist in Hull, UK, and the founder of IRIS Art Tech.
I am not a woman of few words. If you’re a person of few minutes, I respect that. Here’s the short version.
- Home
- Hull, UK
- Makes
- Portraits, augmented reality experiences, photobooks, exhibitions, participatory projects and writing
- Favourite quote
- “Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”Omar Khayyám
- Known weaknesses
- Excellent cocktails, Sally Rooney’s work, a ridiculous obsession with cameras old and new, and oddly shaped clouds
Work
with me.
- Personal portraits, headshots, couples and engagement portraits
Be photographed
Professional portraits of yourself, your work, or the people, places and moments you want to remember.Photographs shaped around what matters to you and how you want to be seen. With augmented reality (AR), we can go a little further, adding sound, film or a story to make something you can see, hear and feel.Book / enquire“Confident and comfortable.”
Rita, client - Galleries, museums, councils, universities, heritage bodies, funders
Commission a project
Immersive portraits, stories and experiences that bring people in and invite them to stay.From exhibitions to community projects and public commissions, we will bring complex human stories to life through photography, storytelling and augmented reality (AR). The work invites people to look closer, engage more deeply and stay with stories beyond their first encounter.Project enquiry“A short guided tour into the thoughts and feelings of someone through interactive portraiture”
Joe, exhibition visitor - Photographers, artists, filmmakers, technologists
Collaborate
What could we make together?I’m always interested in what happens when different ideas, people and practices meet. If you have something you’d like to explore together, I’d love to hear about it. You can also incorporate AR into your own work with the IRIS Storytelling Toolkit.Start a conversation“The way different forms of art was merged together. Absolutely inspiring”
Stephanie, guest, From Still to Seen - Practitioners and organisations
Meetings and consultations
Good conversations, new ideas and practical advice.Book a complimentary chat to share an idea, talk about working together or simply get to know each other’s work. If you’re looking for more specific guidance, I also offer paid consultations on creative direction, augmented reality (AR), funding and developing creative projects.Find the right meeting“It opened my eyes to what is possible with AR and how it can make ‘hands on’ creative work into a digital experience.”
Helen, guest, From Still to Seen
From the studio
The studioThe shape is still forming.
it’s early, and i can’t do this alone
- Now in the diary · 2027The Black NorthA heritage project recording Black life in Hull and across the North, with the people who remember it. Share a memory, host a session or help.In development · Hull and the North of EnglandRead the note
- Now in the diary · 2027Home Is a Living Breathing Thing, or Homesick?A new portrait project, made with people across the North of England, about what home becomes when it can’t be found in one place. Help me name it, take part, host or show it.In development · North of EnglandRead the note
We are born alone, we die alone.
How about,in the meantime,we do it together?
Listen