Bristol

I've now been living in Bristol for almost 2 years and I fall in love with the City a little more each day. It's vibrant, quirky, fun and generally just a great place to live. Every weekend there's something new to do and one of the highlights of the year is Bristol Harbour Festival, a weekend of music, performances and art, based around the harbourside. The weekend happens in July, and this year we were lucky with gorgeous weather, which gave me the opportunity to take some photos of Bristol, the crowds and the atmosphere. As the weather gets colder, darker and wetter I thought I would share this belated post now, to bring some fun and sunshine in to the short winter days! I hope you like them!

Art on the Hill

Tomorrow I am taking part in Art on the Hill, the Windmill Hill and Victoria Park Arts Trail. It's a great weekend showcasing local talent and a good excuse to have a nose around people's houses. So do come along, you'll find me at venue no. 43 - I'm also selling cakes so if you don't like the photography, you may like a cake instead!

Kalkan - Turkey

I have spent the last two weeks soaking up the much missed sun in Kalkan in Turkey. I had a brilliant trip and absolutely loved the people, the place, the food and most of all the heat! Turkey has such a different atmosphere and culture to England, and I just loved how relaxed, warm and friendly everyone was there. So I took my beloved film camera with me to document the rich culture and vibrancy of Kalkan and here are some of my favourites that I feel really capture what my holiday was about.

Enjoy (and don't get too depressed about how much sunnier and hotter it is than our English summers!)

"Where Children Sleep"

I have really loved my current projects mainly because I have discovered so many new photographers. One I am particularly glad I discovered was James Mollison, his series 'Where Children Sleep' was referred to me by a friend after seeing it in the Daily Telegraph Magazine because he thought it might relate to my bookwork project (which it totally did!!) I managed to get hold of the article and instantly fell in love with his work.

Mollison traveled the world, photographing various children and their bedrooms. Mollison started the series because 'I found myself thinking about my bedroom: how significant it was during my childhood, and how it reflected who I was' which is why I wanted to document different bedrooms as I believe they really tell you a lot about a person as it reflects their interests, aspirations and inspirations. Mollison departed on this project as an idea for engaging with children's rights and help other children to think about inequality around the world. His images show a stark contrast between cultures and wealth and poverty, with children living in squalor to children living in mansions. It was a very powerful project and as soon as Amazon have the book back in stock I am definitely going to buy it!

But for now, here are what I think were the most powerful images from his series. Really showing how different children lives can be and opening my eyes to some of the horrific situations children have been bought up in, it definitely made me even more grateful for my bedroom when I was a young girl.