DEAR LITTLE ME,
Dear little me, focuses on representing women and mothers realistically and naturally. Opposed to the beauty standards that are set by society and the media. The women who participated in ‘Dear little me’ reflect upon their younger years of womanhood and focus on the advice they would give to their younger selves if they could.
THE CHILDREN OF LOCKDOWN
The Children of Lockdown is a series of portraits aiming to capture the essence of a child in the uncertain times we now find ourselves in. In March of 2020, the UK government decided to put the country into a national lockdown due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, this unsettlement caused a great deal of stress and panic across the country. The public were required to stay at home for their own safety, with restaurant, pubs, bars, and non-essential retail being closed, the pandemic suddenly went from speculation to very real fast. To make matters worse the mixing of households was also banned for a period, meaning that the people who lived alone or were at high risk became even more isolated from the outside world.
The project developed, from watching a close friend try to parent her two young children in the middle of a global pandemic. The strain of raising a child in normal circumstance can be difficult for most, but how can a child adapt in almost complete isolation from the outside world and how do they develop as a person in the early stages of life with little to no outside influences.
The Children of Lockdown represents the innocents of a child in hardship.
