Photography: How Nik Roche captures life on margins of society

Tony died from an overdose two years ago. He was 60.

His death has hit Nik hard.

“Tony became my dear friend,” he said.

“I was really hurt, I really missed him, it was very difficult. I haven’t made any pictures since hardly.”

Meeting Tony has no doubt changed Nik’s life.

“I’ve been living in a caravan for the last two-and-a-half years because at the first opportunity, when I could, I wanted to experience what it was like to live his life while I was making the work with him,” he said.

“So I’ve been living as best I can, or as close as I can, to the life that he lived.”