Simon Martin
Mother
I have always found it particularly difficult, virtually impossible, to photograph my own family and friends. I think it’s because of the baggage each side of the camera brings to the moment. It’s much easier to photograph someone you only know slightly. My mother is ninety-five years old now and I decided that I really ought to make an effort to document her and her life before it’s too late, however difficult and awkward the process might be. These images explore her body and her skin, perhaps in the way a baby first discovers its mother, in small, bitesize pieces. Each fragment being a partial truth which together form a whole. The images highlight how time has left its mark on her, not just in terms of old age wrinkles but scars from the cancer and broken hip she has had to endure and overcome during her life.
Arts University Bournemouth
MA Photography
University of Brighton
MA Photography
University of Derby
MA Film and Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography