The portfolio on this site contains a selection of my work since 1998. It includes portraits, and photographs taken from personal projects - some completed, others I continue to revisit. In my personal work I like to photograph what is close to me. My photographs originate on film, and for optimum permanence are carefully hand-printed in the darkroom onto silver gelatin fibre-based paper. They are normally toned using a variety of traditional methods, using selenium, sepia or gold, which improves both the aesthetic appearance and the archival quality of the work. Wherever possible I have scanned from prints, but it should be noted that the effects of some darkroom processes do not always translate fully to the screen and therefore images here should be taken as an indication of the final work.

I have studied both Photography and Fine Printing at Central St Martin's School of Art and South Thames College, London, at first part-time and finally full-time (finishing 2004). I have also taken courses in the conservation of paper-based materials, including photographs, in the extra-mural department of Camberwell School of Art. Originally a Literature student and then a teacher, I am also the mother of two and gratefully acknowledge the influence of story-telling, my children, and the power of personal and family history in my photographic work.

Exposure

Online

The Portrait Top 25 2006 (Women In Photography International)

WIPI Member Spotlight April-Oct 2007

Prints

Solo - Méliès Café Gallery, S. London 'Reflections' Jan 2005

Group - Kingsgate Gallery N. London 'Behind the Scenes' Sept 1998