www.35mmmary.com / @35mm_mary

A shadow, a sneeze, a lipstick mark on a coffee mug. My work focuses on the relationships and connections with those closest to me, having always been interested in the use of photography to preserve moments and people.

@maddawgphotog

Madison Case is a graduate of the master’s in photography program. Her practice is an investigation of the sexualization of female bodies and how it relates to her feminine sexual identity.

Her most recent imagery consists of three individual series that, when viewed together, addresses the objectification of women and their bodies within the patriarchal matrix. Using anything but human bodies -dolls, clothing and sex toys- she wittily critiques the culture of sexualization that evaluates and controls women. For example, 'Juicy' is an image from one of her three series, 'Dirty Laundry', where she photographed her own underwear onto a latex cast of a woman’s lower body. Each pair of underwear is embroidered with a word, that acts as a descriptor of what’s occurring or common derogatory terms that society implements to keep women in their place.

Case wanted the idea of a feminine practice that’s for chaste, well-mannered, ‘perfect’ women conflicting with the messy, inappropriate and disgusting experiences of female bodies. In combining the action, the embroidered descriptor and the underwear she is highlighting the problematic discrepancies associated with patriarchal ideals of femininity and the experiences that come from such discrepancies.

@courtney_rose_photography_ / info@courtneyrosephotography.co.uk

The home and the items within it are things we see in photographs. But when do we ever stop to really look at what is in front of us? When do we realise they are gone?

Keeping Up Appearances explores her grandparents’ home and the items they have collected in their 20 plus years of living there. She has always known this house as theirs but slowly over the past year items are disappearing, being moved, or replaced. So the project began as a way of remembering the home she once knew and allowing her family to grieve the loss of her grandfather who passed at the end of 2020.

The items are isolated. Taking the person out the frame encapsulates the idea that items can tell us a lot about a person. Her grandparents were very house-proud people, making sure they took care of the things they collected from their travels. Each item has a story to tell, each item has a memory.

Courtney made this project not only for herself and her family but for others who may remember their childhood or family homes and for them to reflect on the forgotten and to share their memories with others.

@phoebemarshallphotos

Torn began as a personal project exploring harassment and mistreatment of women. Using analogue and digital mediums I created a series of staged self-portraits to highlight the issues I had faced from sexism to sexual harassment. I later developed my work and shared my testimonies as well as the testimonies of other women who have faced harassment. I hope to inform others of the issues I explore through photographic mediums.

Although the project started with a personal agenda, speaking to other women with similar experiences allowed me to realise I was not alone, and neither were they. Torn highlights a small fraction of women who have experienced catcalling to outright harassment. My work highlights the issues women face and provide a voice of reason to women who may feel alone. Torn encapsulates that of the female experiences and brings them into the eyes of the viewers and I will continue to create work to educate others of the female experience.