I'm thrilled to share that I'll be presenting my very first UK solo exhibition, The Ecological Wetroom, at studio1.1 in London from 9 – 19 July.
The Ecological Wetroom is an ongoing, practice-led research project close to my heart, exploring more caring and sustainable ways of making photographic images. Taking the pioneering cyanotype work of Anna Atkins and John Herschel as a historical starting point, the show asks how nineteenth-century photographic processes might be reimagined in response to the urgent ecological conditions we face today.
For this exhibition I'm bringing together a body of work spanning cameraless photography, plant-based processes, water filtration, mineral sediments, activated charcoal, hydroponic plants and experimental darkroom systems. Together, these pieces will transform studio1.1 into a temporary ecological wetroom. Rather than hiding the labour, chemistry and waste of photography, I want to make these processes visible, fragile and open to public reflection — treating the afterlife of photographic process as part of the artwork itself, and bringing chemistry, water, waste, plant life and filtration into one visible, ethical frame.
I'm enormously grateful that the project is supported by Arts Council England through a Developing Your Creative Practice grant, with further funding from the Centre for British Photography. At its heart, The Ecological Wetroom proposes photography as a site of care, repair and environmental responsibility.
Join me for a workshop — Sunday 19 July, 2 – 4 pm
To close the show, I'll be running a socially engaged, process-led workshop exploring climate-adapted cyanotype and the ideas behind The Ecological Wetroom. We'll look at more caring and sustainable approaches to image-making, focusing on water, plants, sunlight, chemistry and environmental responsibility. I'll demonstrate how to build a simple DIY filtration system to capture, filter and observe cyanotype washwater, and everyone will make their own experimental climate-adapted cyanotype prints using cameraless, site-responsive and process-led methods.
No previous experience is needed — it's designed as an accessible, reflective and creative space for anyone interested in analogue photography, ecology, sustainability, water systems and experimental image-making. Places are limited to just 5, and tickets are £50. You can book via the studio1.1 exhibition page.
I'd love to see you there.