EARLY DAYS

Instant film, Fujifilm Instax 100
2022

Early Days documents the early postpartum period during the pandemic in 2020, exploring themes of confinement, isolation, loneliness and safety. The work was made in 2022 as a retrospective processing. The medium, instant film, was chosen for its immediacy and a commitment to the physical/ tangible.

Wide format Polaroid photograph on a small cream coloured range cooker flanked by dark wood kitchen cabinets, with a kettle on top and tiled floor below, in warm vintage tones.

Feed The Baby, Feed Myself, Feed The Fire, Feed The Baby, Feed Myself, Feed The Fire, Feed The Baby, Feed Myself, Feed The Fire, Feed The Baby, Feed Myself, Feed The Fire, Feed The Baby…

Wide format polaroid photograph of a pair of wired earphones coiled on a pale surface, bisected by a sharp diagonal shadow from a window frame.

Tether

Wide format polaroid photograph of a kitchen wall showing a yellow-rimmed clock, dark wood cabinets, patterned tiles, and a set of small shelves holding a wooden sculpture, an old ketchup bottle labeled as holy water, some crockery and a small blue glass oil lamp.

The Witch And The Holy Water

Wide format polaroid photograph of an unmade bed with rumpled blue-grey bedding against a dark grey headboard and pale blue-grey wall.

Refuge

Wide format Polaroid photograph of a white plant pot holding the remains of a dead plant on a small wooden stool, backlit by bright window light casting dramatic plant shadows on a dark wall.

Failed

Wide format Polaroid photograph of a dark metal shower head and rail mounted against grey marble-effect bathroom tiles, shot in cool monochrome tones.

Thirst/ I Don’t Know Where Else To Go