Suella Holland
A Joining of Self
A Joining of Self is a site-specific portrait of fragmented childhood recollections of abuse, incorporating memories of different fabrics, dissociative experiences, and phrases of manipulation that were used to threaten and enforce secrecy, ultimately breaking a silence that has been kept for forty years. Suella Holland has recreated scenes from her past and utilised photography and stitching as a means of expression. Photographed on film with the abuser's twin lens reflex camera she has converted the male gaze to that of the female child's and taken back control of the past. A reclamation of power, A Joining of Self comes face to face with that past and strives to choose courage over fear and acceptance over criticism.
Mary Furlong • Louise Hamilton • Suella Holland • Ian Newman • Elisa Nishimura • Jan O'Connell • Caitlin Sorcha O'Neill • Sam Patton • Saoirse Sexton • Mahesh Shantaram • Annabel Steen •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
IADT Dún Laoghaire
MRes Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Online)
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography
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