ANALOGUE
35MM STREET - "INCIDENTS"
This project was shot on black and white 35mm film around the streets of Bolton, UK. I photographed any 'incidents' I found such as; spillages, broken objects or anything that had been left behind by a human.
120MM STUDIO PORTRAITS - "CATE WITH A 'C' "
This project was my first time shooting on 120mm black and white film. I photographed my friend Cate in the studio, asking her to do various poses and using a fan to blow her hair around to get a more interesting shot. I entitled it 'Cate With a C' because people often spell Cate's name with a 'K' so, she introduces herself as "Cate with a 'C'" which ended up becoming an inside joke.
PHOTOGRAMS/SOLARISATION
Slides 1 and 3 are rayographs (objects exposed to light upon photosensitive paper) and were part of my Fear of Femininity project which I talked about in the Portraits section of this website. I placed a lip oil and body spray onto a sheet of photosensitive paper, sprinkled eyeshadow on top, removed the objects and exposed the paper to light. I did this in the darkroom using an enlarger.
Slide 2 is a Solarisation (a print briefly exposed to light again during development) using fishnets, lip oil and powder puffs, forming a butterfly caught in a net. These images represent my former fear of femininity and the process was inspired by Man Ray.
Slide 4 is one of my early photograms which includes a rose, necklace and sheer fabric.