THE WHY

In January 2025 my marriage ended somewhat unexpectedly and my husband and I separated. I started documenting the loss and put a small essay together about it. You can read it HERE. I learnt a lot, I cried a lot, I noted what was helpful and what wasn’t and the thing which really carried me through and which I have never felt so keenly, was the solidarity of my women friends. And I had an idea for a project

Through my photography and writing, I am exploring grief and loss and what comes after  in a changed future.

My brother, who is a vicar, told me how he happened upon a group of women in a restaurant, holding hands around a table. He approached them and they told him that one of their friends in the group had just lost her husband and they were sitting in solidarity with her. This encounter explains perfectly what this project is - an act of solidarity with other women, telling their stories of the not often talked about emotions of grief and loss