I grew up in the mind-blowing, hopeful, iconoclastic era of 1960's California, the daughter of an obsessive (and rather good) amateur photographer. Since 1974, I have lived in Sussex, England.
I am fascinated by the inconceivable – literally, our human minds cannot grasp it! – complexity and diversity of living things, whether they be 'individual' organisms, or 'superorganisms' such as ecosystems. In fact, all living things are both uniquely themselves, and consist of many other life forms – from the mature oak tree which encompasses 400+ varieties of life, to bacteria which contain mitochondria with their own DNA and evolutionary history. And it seems that the longer we live, the more gloriously complex we become – simultaneously more uniquely ourselves, and more intricately entangled multiplicities, both biologically and socially.
As you can see from the images I make, I'm a great fan of the extraordinary beauty 'hidden in plain sight' everywhere.
My long-term projects include a four-volume photographic memoir, and a book exploring commonalities in all life forms as they progress through the processes of ripening, realisation, and decay.
AWARDS and EXHIBITIONS
2018 Monochrome Awards: Honourable Mention, Fine Art category
2018 Group exhibition on the theme “Blue” at The Depot, Lewes, East Sussex
2020 Monochrome Awards: Honourable Mention, Fine Art category
2021 Monochrome Awards: Honourable Mention, Fine Art category
2022 Exhibited in Shutterhub’s “Postcards from Europe” at Cambridge University
2022 Included in the “Botanicals” exhibition and photobook, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont
2022 Selected for the Shutterhub 2022 Yearbook
2022 Selected for the online Competition Gallery of the LensCulture Black&White Photography Awards
2022 Exhibited in the Sussex Contemporary inaugural show in Brighton
2022 Viewbug “Achievement in Originality” award for “Whitecurrants”
2022 Monochrome Awards: Honourable Mention, Fine Art category
2022 “Postcards from Europe” exhibition organised by Shutterhub at Cambridge University
2022 “Botanicals” exhibition and book at PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont
2022 Solo exhibition at the Anderida Centre, East Sussex
2023 “Awe and Wonder” exhibition and book at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London
2023 Shutterhub exhibition at Cambridge University
2023 Exhibition “Down Time’s Quaint Stream” with Steffi Pusch, Crowborough, East Sussex