Portrait photographer Ruth Toda Nation’s new photobook asks, what do we leave behind?

In her new photo project, Ruth questions how aging affects the way we are seen, as people and as artists.

Mohamed Hassan’s distinctive Welsh landscape photography has seen his work added to the collection of the National Museum of Wales

Mohamed’s work combines landscapes with the portraits of people he meets along the way, creating a subtle narrative of identity & belonging.

Documentary photographer Debby Besford finds community & personal connections at a model boat club.

A deft mixture of formal portraits and documentary photographs gives an insight into a tight community of model boat enthusiasts

Anna Fox shares images from 2 of her new photography projects & discusses collaborating with Karen Knorr

From The Village, 1991NAME Anna Fox JOB Photographer & Prof Photography WEBSITE Anna Fox PROJECT U.S. 1 & CabinetUsually when you ask a photographer to describe their practice you get a short, sometimes terse, answer but not with Anna Fox. As befits an...

With her portraits of autistic women, Rosie Barnes gives voice to an under represented community.

‘No You’re Not’ has found success with the Taylor Wessing Prize and the Wellcome Collection.

Wendy Aldiss My Father’s Things

NAME Wendy Aldiss JOB Documentary Photographer WEBSITE Wendy Aldiss PROJECT My Father's ThingsWendy Aldiss is a fine art and social documentary photographer who has a particular interest in environmental portraiture, and has she produced a body of work that explores...

A family connection opened the door for Nick Hodgson’s personal project & literally took him deeper into the subject.

Nick Hodgson’s personal project captures what may be the last generation of Free Miners of the Forest of Dean.

By taking his street photography inside, Paul Harrison has created intriguing relationships between art & the real world.

Shooting in London’s National Portrait gallery has allowed Paul Harrison to find new ways of treating colour and form.

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Featured Photography Projects

Greg Turner

“The first conversation that I had with myself was, what do I want to say and what kind of photographer do I want to be?”

Greg Turner is a portrait photographer who works in a series of long term projects, lasting months or sometimes years.

His work is intensely personal seeking to reveal as much about himself as to scrutinise the subjects of his images.

Elinor Carucci

“There is a conflict between my sense of liberation – feminist me – and the roles and stereotypes that women are still subject to.”

Israeli American photographer Elinor Carucci has carved out a very successful fine art career in New York City.

Carucci’s latest book Midlife is an exquisitely intimate portrait of the photographer and her family.

Latest Personal Work

Wendy Aldiss My Father’s Things

Wendy Aldiss My Father’s Things

NAME Wendy Aldiss JOB Documentary Photographer WEBSITE Wendy Aldiss PROJECT My Father's ThingsWendy Aldiss is a fine art and social documentary photographer who has a particular interest in environmental portraiture, and has she produced a body of work that explores...

Personal Work

All good work is personal.

Personal work is vital to all creatives. It’s where we get to try things out, follow an obsession or just have fun. Or it’s the work of another artist, someone who inspires or shows the way.

Either way, good work is always personal.

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