31/01/2026
This is my exhibit, now on display at the learning centre at Wicksteed Park until 5 February.
Reimagine
This work revolves around the theme of generations. Vicky aimed to show the similarities and differences across three generations of her family by shooting a medium-format film camera. The photographs were taken inside her mother’s house, utilising the familiarity of home and the natural light from a single window. A familiar chair was used to visualise the height differences between the subjects. The family are not only central to Vicky’s life but also crucial in shaping who she has become. Vicky is inspired by a picture of her mother from when she was pregnant, a style she wanted to reimagine through analogue processes.
Vicky has discovered a love for analogue photography, particularly medium format film. It has enabled her to reimagine approaches to photography through new processes and techniques associated with analogue.
Using a larger format, particularly the Mamiya 6x7, has enabled a slower pace of work, given the more considered approach required by the functionality and processes involved in its operation.
Vicky wanted to reimagine their original images and take the process one step further. She decided to do this in three different media: cyanotype, image stacking, and gel plate printing.
More details can be found at my website www.vickythorpephotography.com