Biog
I'm a feminist activist, art photographer and writer living in London. I've shown previews of my “Asking for it” project at the Islington Arts Factory as part of Ladyfest – an international festival that grew out of the US Riot Grrl movement. The two-day show was sponsored by ILFORD PHOTO and chosen as that week’s hot pick by DIVA magazine. It was covered by feminist publications including Uplift, Lesbilicious.com, the F-word and publications abroad. I also showed some of the work at Shoreditch Town Hall with the Homeless Gallery as part of Photomonth 08, the east London photography festival. And will be showing a part of Asking For It, including audio recordings for the first time, at Aberdeen University at the end of October.
I've talked in schools about the project alongside sessions on sexual violence and pornography by Rape Crisis and have been asked to give talks at universities and across the UK by academics and workers in the field of sexual violence. This gives me some room to challenge the system of domination and submission everywhere from the playground to the bedroom to the office.
I'm active in feminist circles and have a body of documentary images of the growing London feminist scene that I exhibited in June at a ‘Girls Rock Camp’ and ‘Feminist Activist Forum’ event held at the Lambeth Young Women’s Project. I was asked back for the Transfeminism learning day. The images stick two fingers up at the mainstream view of feminism and are a battle cry for women to keep fighting no matter what is said to keep you down.
My time working as a volunteer on The National Domestic Violence helpline run by Refuge was an important influence in my understanding of violence being part of a system of power and control.
I studied at Warwick University and later took practical tutorials in portrait photography with Peter Cattrell at Central St Martins. Since then I've worked with the social documentary photographer Larry Herman who's given me invaluable encouragement.
In times past I've earned a living in the private and public sectors as - amongst other things - an arts and science news writer and press officer. I've had articles published in coffee table art books and feminist publications.
I'm a member of IRIS: an internationally focused research resource dedicated to promoting the work of women photographer, and the Four Corners business development programme for photographers - sponsored by the Arts Council.
I've talked in schools about the project alongside sessions on sexual violence and pornography by Rape Crisis and have been asked to give talks at universities and across the UK by academics and workers in the field of sexual violence. This gives me some room to challenge the system of domination and submission everywhere from the playground to the bedroom to the office.
I'm active in feminist circles and have a body of documentary images of the growing London feminist scene that I exhibited in June at a ‘Girls Rock Camp’ and ‘Feminist Activist Forum’ event held at the Lambeth Young Women’s Project. I was asked back for the Transfeminism learning day. The images stick two fingers up at the mainstream view of feminism and are a battle cry for women to keep fighting no matter what is said to keep you down.
My time working as a volunteer on The National Domestic Violence helpline run by Refuge was an important influence in my understanding of violence being part of a system of power and control.
I studied at Warwick University and later took practical tutorials in portrait photography with Peter Cattrell at Central St Martins. Since then I've worked with the social documentary photographer Larry Herman who's given me invaluable encouragement.
In times past I've earned a living in the private and public sectors as - amongst other things - an arts and science news writer and press officer. I've had articles published in coffee table art books and feminist publications.
I'm a member of IRIS: an internationally focused research resource dedicated to promoting the work of women photographer, and the Four Corners business development programme for photographers - sponsored by the Arts Council.