[sandrajordan]

Well that makes me very happy that you said that Lily, because ‘calm’ is what I try to create in my work so it’s nice to know the statement matches the work.

I used to work in the film industry as a production manager making TV commercials and the job was really full on and at times very stressful so I started taking photos as a way to slow down and combat that hectic part of my world.  I also live in London which at times I find too busy!!  On top of that my mind is ALWAYS crowded and so I think my imagery is an antidote to all that, both in actually physically taking the images but also the end product.

My work is totally based on gut reaction, I either instantly absolutely love a scene or it doesn’t stir anything in me at all, there isn’t an in between for me. Subconsciously I’m drawn to the minimalistic paired down scenery of a place, reducing it to it’s basic appearance without any interruption.  Interesting, now I’m writing this I think there is more deep delving to do as to why I take what I take, so thanks for getting me to think about it a bit more!!

[sandrajordan]

I’ve recently started thinking of myself more as an artist than a photographer and I have to say I have no issues myself if I wanted to manipulate something in post production to create what was in my vision.  I guess when I was commenting before it was with my ‘photographer’ head on!