The last few months of Pregnancy focus the attention of the mother - whether her thoughts are positive or whether they are other darker emotions- on the baby within. Working collaboratively with individual women over a 3 year period, I asked them the same questions that I was asking myself. 'What do you imagine, what do you fear, what external and internal factors are shaping your thoughts ... ' . This the visual interpretation of these conversations.

 

Hungry Woman (1995)- Eating Body image and control. how can one nurture another when you don't know how to nurture yourself. ( Models: Jenny Mcguggan/Max Anderson)

 

IDEAL HOME (1997). Working with Artist Denise Hardman.


Flights of fancy and escapism from drudgery challenge the home sphere status quo.
Who defines domesticity? And once defined who adhere's to it?

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DUEL. (2003)

" The quickest demonstration of power is violence"  G.Gruber

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Your Place or mine? (2004)

Covert photography in IKEA uses the idealised domestic interiors of the 'roomset' as the site for domestic dramas. Mobile phone images visually consume the act of trespassing.

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