Sorel Hirst
Who is she?
Is a woman's identity exclusively associated with being a mother? Is a woman whom does not bear a child, a childless mother? Told with an autobiographical voice, this series of images is a self-exploration of the continuous struggle to arrest alternative identities, other than that of being a mother. These portraits demonstrate the struggle and inner turmoil to maintain some element of selfhood. A search for something other that defines me as a woman, instead of the isolating identity of motherhood, solely defining who I am. The uncanny essence of these images derives from the double exposures captured on high sensitivity film, combined with the use of a self-made, medium format pinhole camera.
Malcolm Davies • John Gamble • Sorel Hirst • Lesley Wood •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
Leeds College of Art
MA Creative Practice
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography