Playtime Over|Fine Art|1st December 2010|This playground holds memories for me and to see it empty in the snow seemed to resonate with the title of this image. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/QueniboroughSnow5_thumb.jpgWinter's End|Fine Art|8th January 2010|The light at the end of the day seemed to draw a sense of occasion to the image of this rabbit in the fields.<br /> Shooting is a regular activity in the village and I guess this was one of the casualties.<br /> Images available to buy on request. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/WinterEnding_thumb.jpgLeicester City Gallery Open 21|Fine Art|24th November 2009|Home Sweet Home<br /> Successful entry into the Leicester City Gallery Open 21 competition 2009-2010<br /> Developed from an earlier project, the trio was composed together to show memory snippets of what reminds me of my mum’s house and home.<br /> 24th Nov 2009 - 9th Jan 2010 |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Open21_thumb.jpgThe Studio Beauty Myth|Fine Art|24th September 2009|As part of the vanity and insecurities project.<br /> This piece was developed from experience in a previous portrait studio and having had many people ask, ‘If they can be photoshopped’, or ‘made a size 10’.<br /> I used myself and all my insecurities to digitally work on a split images that shows a before and after scenario. With da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man behind, which was about the perfect anatomy of man. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/StudioBeautyMyth_thumb.jpgInsecurities|Fine Art|17th September 2009|I was exploring the notion that most people have certain things they are insecure about and you never know about it. The image represents how, as a woman, I buy limitless amounts of products to make myself look better, but my self-perception of how I look in the mirror and how I feel I look are often different. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Insecurities1_thumb.jpgLeicester City Gallery Open 20|Fine Art|8th December 2008|For the Good of the Majority.<br /> Successful entry into the Leicester City Gallery Open competition 20 in 2008/2009.<br /> This image forms part of a series inspired by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eight-Four and deals with issues of power, control and restrictions of freedom. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual1_thumb.jpgOut of Season|Fine Art|6th April 2008|Tenby, South Wales.<br /> Tenby is just one of the places visited, to capture the isolation of a resort out of season, that would normally be a very different place in summer months. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual10_thumb.jpgRemembering|Fine Art|30th September 2007|Remembering is a body of work looking at how people choose to remember and tribute loved ones they have lost at various locations. Connected to either a resting place, place of death, or chosen sight; flowers, toys, photographs and messages leave their own tale of a person’s life and the friends and family they have left behind. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual12_thumb.jpgRemembering|Fine Art|30th September 2007|Remembering is a body of work looking at how people choose to remember and tribute loved ones they have lost at various locations. Connected to either a resting place, place of death, or chosen sight; flowers, toys, photographs and messages leave their own tale of a person’s life and the friends and family they have left behind. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual13_thumb.jpgWrath|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual23_thumb.jpgEnvy|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual22_thumb.jpgGluttony|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual21_thumb.jpgPride|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual19_thumb.jpgLust|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual20_thumb.jpgSloth|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual18_thumb.jpgAvarice|Fine Art|12th May 2007|An Inclination to Sin<br /> Inspired by the conceptual art photography of the 1980s, An Inclination to Sin uses constructed photography to deliver a body of work that uses the Seven Deadly Sins as an initial theme. Interested in a sense of ambiguity in the work, the images have been developed in order to create uncertainty in the viewer. The silence of the photographs enables the audience to create their own scenario of what is happening, and this was important in getting the audience to engage with the work on more than one level. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual17_thumb.jpgThe Constructed Tourist Gaze|Fine Art|8th March 2007|This body of work highlights the actual views that the tourist sees when visiting ten famous sites in London. I wanted to capture the way we are manipulated as a tourist. Guided where to walk, told what to see and even shown where to take that elusive picture-postcard photograph. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual32_thumb.jpgThe Constructed Tourist Gaze|Fine Art|8th March 2007|This body of work highlights the actual views that the tourist sees when visiting ten famous sites in London. I wanted to capture the way we are manipulated as a tourist. Guided where to walk, told what to see and even shown where to take that elusive picture-postcard photograph. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual31_thumb.jpgThe Constructed Tourist Gaze|Fine Art|8th March 2007|This body of work highlights the actual views that the tourist sees when visiting ten famous sites in London. I wanted to capture the way we are manipulated as a tourist. Guided where to walk, told what to see and even shown where to take that elusive picture-postcard photograph. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual30_thumb.jpgThe Constructed Tourist Gaze|Fine Art|8th March 2007|This body of work highlights the actual views that the tourist sees when visiting ten famous sites in London. I wanted to capture the way we are manipulated as a tourist. Guided where to walk, told what to see and even shown where to take that elusive picture-postcard photograph. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual29_thumb.jpgHome Sweet Home|Fine Art|8th January 2007|Photography and memories is a common theme in my work.<br /> Having left my home town of Widnes and my mum’s house in 1992, this set of images capture the little things I remember when I think of home. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual37_thumb.jpgHome Sweet Home|Fine Art|8th January 2007|Photography and memories is a common theme in my work.<br /> Having left my home town of Widnes and my mum’s house in 1992, this set of images capture the little things I remember when I think of home. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual38_thumb.jpgHome Sweet Home|Fine Art|8th January 2007|Photography and memories is a common theme in my work.<br /> Having left my home town of Widnes and my mum’s house in 1992, this set of images capture the little things I remember when I think of home. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual36_thumb.jpgTreasured Memories|Fine Art|30th October 2006|Treasured Memories deals with the subject of memory and photography and contains a photographic collection of the items that various people have kept to remind them of someone, a special time, or something important in their life. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual35_thumb.jpgTreasured Memories|Fine Art|30th October 2006|Treasured Memories deals with the subject of memory and photography and contains a photographic collection of the items that various people have kept to remind them of someone, a special time, or something important in their life. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual34_thumb.jpgTreasured Memories|Fine Art|30th October 2006|Treasured Memories deals with the subject of memory and photography and contains a photographic collection of the items that various people have kept to remind them of someone, a special time, or something important in their life. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual33_thumb.jpgA View of the Sea|Fine Art|4th September 2006|Tourism and Photography have always gone hand in hand and this is a continuous theme that I like to explore and progress further.<br /> The seat taken here was found in Dahab, Egypt, but on every coastline in the world, there is always a seat placed with the sea in view, in order for its occupant to take rest and gaze out to the horizon, be it a tropical climate, or cold Blackpool seafront. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual16_thumb.jpgWhen I Grow Up|Fine Art|3rd June 2006|This was one of two images taken for my entry into the National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2006. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual8_thumb.jpgPills Pills Pills|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Vitamins, Aspirin, Folic Acid.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual24_thumb.jpgEducation|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Career Vs Motherhood.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual27_thumb.jpg1 in 6|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Statistically, 1 in 6 couples will experience infertility issues.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual26_thumb.jpgSelf-Portrait With Trout|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Fish are linked to male infertility and in many religions, the fish is a fertility symbol, as well as signifying death. By placing it on me, it becomes a female fertility issue.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual28_thumb.jpgOnly Girls Play With Dolls|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Girls have always played with dolls, but women are supposed to progress to the next stage.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual25_thumb.jpgThe Waiting Game|Fine Art|2nd May 2006|Predicting and testing.<br /> Part of a set of images that deal with the subject of infertility.<br /> Taking a more conceptual approach has delivered images that are different to what may be expected from the subject, but I feel can be understood by the audience. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual4_thumb.jpgMoved to Leicester|Fine Art|29th October 2005|In 2005 I created a set of images that were my first memories of moving to Leicester. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual15_thumb.jpgMoved to Leicester|Fine Art|29th October 2005|In 2005 I created a set of images that were my first memories of moving to Leicester. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual14_thumb.jpgWestern Saris|Fine Art|23rd October 2005|Belgrave Shop Window, Melton Road Leicester.<br /> Living off Melton Road, when I first came to Leicester, I was fascinated by the culture in this area. What seemed ironic to me when I revisited the area for a project, were these western style mannequins that totally dismiss the beautiful Eastern fabrics draped across them. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual9_thumb.jpgLeicester City Gallery Open 17|Fine Art|10th October 2005|Whistle Way Roses<br /> One of two successful entries into the Leicester City Gallery 17th Open competition in 2005/2006. |http://www.ninephotos.co.uk/galleries/conceptual/Conceptual7_thumb.jpg

Playtime Over

Category: Fine Art • Date: 1st December 2010

This playground holds memories for me and to see it empty in the snow seemed to resonate with the title of this image.