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Mum's Not The Word
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Childless or childfree? Women who do not have children. I am forty-eight and childfree. I have never wanted children. Occasionally I question myself if I made the right decision? Am I infertile? How would a child have changed my life? How would having a child have affected my career as an artist? Why would I want to bring a child into a world of uncertainty? Mum’s Not The Word brings together images of the female form, positioned in the fetus position, in reverse. The fetus is representational of an intimate and introspective metaphysical investigation. It is a posture that relates to the female as reproducer and acts as a metaphor for the seed within.
About author:
My photography migrates between creative portraiture and documentary photography. I am driven by research led projects and collaborate with my subjects to create cutting edge images that speak out about current issues, to reveal a truthful voice, and promote unity, equality and compassion..
I am an independent photographer and have a studio at Phoenix Art Space, where I have been practising for 19 years. I work as Photography Lecturer at East Surrey College and Brighton MET College. I grew up in a working class family in Tamworth. I have a BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree from University of Sunderland & PGCE from University of Brighton. In 2012, I was awarded a scholarship by University of Westminster to study MA Photojournalism, I graduated with a Distinction for my photo essay "I'm Not Voting Because.."
Since 2015 I have been working on Mum's not the word. It was released as a photobook in 2019, by Earthworld Publishing and featured the iPaper and The Guardian weekend magazine. Mum's Not The Word was been exhibited in Chelsea, Blackpool, Doncaster and Bologna with RPS Hundred Heroines. Programmed in Athens Photobook Show 2019. Shortlisted in Sony World Photography Awards 2016 and exhibited at Somerset House, London Photokina, Cologne, Galleria De Valid Foto, Barcelona. Finalist in National Open Art awards 2017 and won an Honourable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2017. Broadcast on BBC TV-France 24 and Radio.
About author:
My photography migrates between creative portraiture and documentary photography. I am driven by research led projects and collaborate with my subjects to create cutting edge images that speak out about current issues, to reveal a truthful voice, and promote unity, equality and compassion..
I am an independent photographer and have a studio at Phoenix Art Space, where I have been practising for 19 years. I work as Photography Lecturer at East Surrey College and Brighton MET College. I grew up in a working class family in Tamworth. I have a BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree from University of Sunderland & PGCE from University of Brighton. In 2012, I was awarded a scholarship by University of Westminster to study MA Photojournalism, I graduated with a Distinction for my photo essay "I'm Not Voting Because.."
Since 2015 I have been working on Mum's not the word. It was released as a photobook in 2019, by Earthworld Publishing and featured the iPaper and The Guardian weekend magazine. Mum's Not The Word was been exhibited in Chelsea, Blackpool, Doncaster and Bologna with RPS Hundred Heroines. Programmed in Athens Photobook Show 2019. Shortlisted in Sony World Photography Awards 2016 and exhibited at Somerset House, London Photokina, Cologne, Galleria De Valid Foto, Barcelona. Finalist in National Open Art awards 2017 and won an Honourable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2017. Broadcast on BBC TV-France 24 and Radio.