Stillness is most evident in 19^th century Victorian portrait photography; it is this stillness that inspired me. In much of 21^st century photography, modern materials are too fast to create that same quality of stillness. Representation of the female form is an issue that has occupied my work for a long time. By using the pinhole technique, an exposure time of fifteen minutes can force stillness upon a subject , therefore the female form acts more naturally. The breathing body is never completely still so it becomes a challenge to keep it still for an extensive amount of time.

By using a nude, we immediately recognize ‘this form is human’. I approach the nude not as an object of desire, but as an emblem for the whole person – body, heart, mind and spirit.