There is so much literature and research on memory and photography that it is hard to know where to start. Therefore, I wanted to begin and open this conversation by sharing a photograph from my past. The following memory is one I believe only I will remember and concerns an image I no longer have.
Read MoreWho would have thought my favourite photo exhibition in Stockholm would turn out to be an exhibition about the architect Gunnar Asplund?
Read More…My brain has been full of questions interrogating my own feelings concerning my creative work and practice. My one plan for October was simply to ‘reflect’ but each question I asked myself produced more. Sentences, phrases, words and letters became so overwhelming that they melted from their structures into a dense fog which I could no longer see through.
Read MoreIn Autumn of last year, I posted a news update about my series ‘Please?’ being accepted by Shutter Hub for their next exhibition ‘Your Body Belongs to You’; co-curated by Karen Harvey (Shutter Hub Creative Director) and Marisol Mendez (Shutter Hub member and photographer of MADRE). I am super excited to announce the finalised dates for the show!
Read MoreIf you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen that in February, I posted about a small photography bundle that I had purchased from a second hand shop in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. My haul consisted of five carte de visite and a Christmas issue of the magazine Femina. Upon scanning, I realised two of the cards I had bought were made by two different women owned photography studios! As it is Women’s History Month, what better way to end it with a dive into the histories of these photographers! When I started researching however, I ended up finding more information than anticipated so have decided to split this up into two parts! I wanted to do this a little different to the biographies and such that I have seen on other blogs, by giving you a look at the way I work.
Read MoreHappy International Women’s Day! A bit of a short one today. I was recently approached by Llantarnam Grange to put together a guest post for their blog and I decided that it would best to, rather than repeat myself over here, point you in the direction of some other blogs and sites which were interesting to me, so might be to you too!
Read MoreBack in December I visited the UK for the first time in over a year. I hadn’t seen my family since moving to Sweden, since another covid related bereavement and got to spend my Christmas and New Years with them. It was bliss. I was adamant on being in the UK this year for another reason particularly. Me and my twins 30th Birthday.
Read MoreDuring this past month I have felt a little stuck. Maybe a little burnt out. I figured it was time to play and this week, I played with my food and experimented developing black and white film using Pumpkin Spice!
Read MoreSome of the areas I am interested in and concerned with are phenomenology and photography. In other words, the experience of photographs be that making them, viewing them or the sensory experience. And this particular Series has been reflective of this. Not just the obvious sense of smell being aroused when composing the images, but before this. The cool air and rain on my skin when I hop outside to gather the thyme. The sounds of the scissors snipping the stalks of each plant. This sound unlocked a great and immediate sense of nostalgia and comfort in me. I wonder why.
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