Pictures From The Garden

Pictures from the Garden is a collection of seven powerful photographic essays made by leading UK photographers in response to Paddy Summerfield’s influential book, Mother and Father.Summerfield’s 2014 publication, set mainly in his parents’ north Oxford house and garden, is a poignant and durational examination of his relationship with his parents as their lives together faded. On publication Summerfield received wide praise with the Guardian’s Sean O’Hagan describing Mother and Father as a “...profoundly sad and beautiful book”.In Pictures from the Garden the photographers, each of whom has drawn inspiration from Mother and Father, travelled to Summerfield’s house in Oxford to discover a personal route to explore the emotions and themes that were evoked in the book. By photographing in the same space that set the scene for Summerfield’s original work on his parents, the photographers imbued themselves in the physical and psychological world depicted in its pages.The relationship that connects us with those that brought us into the world is universal and yet unique in every instance. Pictures from the Garden represents seven independent journeys taken to discover the nature of the most complex relationship that is common to us all.

Explores relationships particularly within the family, including a 31-year project documenting his mother and a 28-year project on his uncle. A recipient of the Jerwood/Photoworks Award, he has published 2 monographs; Mother (Dewi Lewis) and School of Art (Stanley/Barker).Author of several photobooks including The Red River, The Moth and most recently, Four Winters, 2022. Widely exhibited, with work in collections worldwide; The Met, NY, The Getty Museum, LA, V&A, London, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Siân Davey's work focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology. Davey has published two books, Looking for Alice and Martha.A photographer, printer, writer and gallerist. Publications include ‘Want More’, 2015, Art Books and ‘Art London’, 2019 ACC. A contributor to various publications and journals he also runs Flow Photographic studio and Flow Photographic Gallery.Widely published including Sweet Nothings (2008), she dances on Jackson (2013) and Snow, 2022. Recipient of two World Press awards, Sony Photographer of the Year and the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation prize, Winship's mid-career-survey was shown at Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid and Barbican Art Gallery, London.Widely published and exhibited internationally. Recipient of numerous awards: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (1st prize), Prix du Public Discovery Award, Rencontres d’Arles 2019, Sony World Photographer of the Year 2018.

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