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11/10/2026

So true!

27/09/2026

🩵It’s today and normally I’d be sharing news about my PhD research into as a mediator for the riverscape.

Last week, I made the difficult decision to withdraw from my studies.

There has been plenty of challenges since starting my PhD - hats off to everyone trying to self-fund with no financial safety net - but the burden of trying to do so is finally too much.

After bereavement and redundancy and the stress of seeking new work as a 55+ jobseeker last year, what I can say is that I’m still pretty fortunate.

My new day job as comms and fundraising manager at a food bank really puts things in perspective. I may not be able to do my PhD, but I can put food on the table, know I won’t be cold this winter, and enjoy a few treats as well as still being an artist.

People find themselves in need of food bank support for various reasons - for many, we are only not having a pay day or two away from financial worries.

If you need help, your first stop could be to find your nearest food bank. There is support available.

So, although I’m sad to be leaving my studies, this weekend I also made some new work-in-progress for , spent time teaching with the visiting school to and felt buoyed up by the most wonderful river spirit Emmeline of

If you’re having to make major personal choices, I hope wherever they lead you next is full of joy 💚

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23/07/2026

Just 6 days to go. 💜

There's still time to support a unique visual record of the first Parliament with more than 40% women MPs.

Over the past 18 months, I've been one of around 130 women photographers from across the UK, capturing individual portraits of MPs from the four nations for the Women in Photography's 40% Project.

We are now in the final week of our Kickstarter campaign to bring the photobook 40%: Inspiring Women MPs Photographed by Women to print. Published by Image & Reality!

If you can pledge to support, please do, at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar/the-40-project.

RoyalPhotographicSociety RPSWomenPhotographers 😍🤩

16/07/2026

Around 130 women photographers have created an extraordinary body of work and a unique historical record marking the first time women have made up more than 40% of MPs in the House of Commons.

And I’m one of them!

I had the pleasure of photographing the two women MPs for Cornwall and as part of the project, led by the irrepressible

Now we have a live to fund a book to mark this photographic and political feat.

Once published, a copy of the book will be deposited with the and preserved as part of the national published record, allowing future generations to discover the women, photographs and stories behind this important moment in our history.

Please share to you networks or head to bio link to support if you can - it’s an all or nothing fundraiser and we’re just over halfway and have till 30 July to reach 10k.

06/07/2026

A feature for The 40% Project in Professional Photo 📷🤩 and its called Very Important Portraits

Well, they certainly are!

Go read, share, and pledge on the Kickstarter if you can. Every mention and donation really helps us reach more people and get the book made.

Thank you

https://professionalphoto.online/pro-projects/project-very-important-portraits/

Following the latest UK general election, women now make up 40% of the total number of MPs. To celebrate this landmark, the Royal Photographic Society Women in Photography group has organised a project to produce portraits of as many of this intake as possible, with the results set to be published i...

02/07/2026

It's started today in Shoreditch! Head to the Photobook Cafe

Honoured to be showing Water’s Breath A/Ps with such good company

Thanks to Alternative Processes Community and Martha E Gray for curation

Posters by

30/06/2026

Can you help get this made?

It’s almost a year since I first became involved with the RPS Women in Photography 40% Project.

It began with a simple but powerful idea: to mark a moment in British history through the eyes of women photographers.

It's now a celebration of the 265 remarkable women who currently make up forty percent of the UK Parliament with portraits of them by those women photographers.

The project’s Kickstarter has launched today!

We’re raising 10k to get this monumental portrait project in print - please head to my bio link or direct to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar/the-40-project to support us

I’m so honoured to have photographed Cornwall’s women MPs Anna Gelderd MP and Jayne Kirkham MP for Truro & Falmouth and be among this inspiring group of women in photography.

Please share 🤗

Jayne Kirkham MP for Truro & Falmouth Anna Gelderd MP

25/06/2026

💚📷💚Loved seeing the creative outcomes from my printing session for at this eve

🎞️Mixing analogue with digital to make unique images

⚡Just dodged the thunder and lightning!

25/06/2026

A quick test print ahead of my workshop with later today on behalf of

🐸Just a few simple items inspired by life around my pond.

This is an simply photographed and edited in phone and then with a free app.

One or two spaces left on free adult session - head to library page for booking info.

17/06/2026

Discover the magic of lumen printing next week at Redruth Library!

ℹ Lumen photography is a technique that dates back to the 19th Century. It utilises sunlight to create images on photographic paper.
⏰Adults session at 18:30 (11+ session at 16:30 is fully booked)
📆 Thursday 25th June
📍 Redruth Library, Civic Centre, Alma Place, Redruth, TR15 2AT
🎟️ Booking required, book tickets via 🔗 in our bio

Create a unique nature-inspired abstract artwork with artist Josie Purcell MA ARPS using expired black and white photographic paper. This inclusive workshop is suitable for all skill levels.

For any questions related to the event or accessibility, please don’t hesitate to ask at [email protected].

Make It Better CIC Free art and creative workshops for tweens, teens and adults in Redruth, Cornwall.
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