Denise Felkin
London, United Kingdom
My photography migrates between creative portraiture and documentary photography. I am driven by research led projects. I collaborate with subjects to find inspiring stories to create cutting edge images that speak out about current issues. I work closely with peoples' characters to capture the true essence of their personality. I add captions, direct quotes or recorded interviews to reveal a truthful voice of contemporary themes and promote unity, equality and compassion.
2016 - Sony World Photography Award 2016, 2015 - Magnum Photo and Photo London Graduate Award 2014, 2015 - International Photography Award, 2014 - Association of Photographers Open Award, 2014 - International Photography Award
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- Arts
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Landscape
- Portrait
`Mum's Not The Word
Denise Felkin
Childless or childfree? Women who do not have children. I am forty-eight and childfree. I have never wanted children. Occasionally I question myself if I made the right decision? Am I infertile? How would a child have changed my life? How would having a child have affected my career as an artist? Why would I want to bring a child into a world of uncertainty? Mum’s Not The Word brings together images of the female form, positioned in the fetus position, in reverse. The fetus is representational of an intimate and introspective metaphysical investigation. It is a posture that relates to the female as reproducer and acts as a metaphor for the seed within.
Mum's Not The Word
Denise Felkin
Childless or childfree? Women who do not have children. I am forty-eight and childfree. I have never wanted children. Occasionally I question myself if I made the right decision? Am I infertile? How would a child have changed my life? How would having a child have affected my career as an artist? Why would I want to bring a child into a world of uncertainty? Mum’s Not The Word brings together images of the female form, positioned in the fetus position, in reverse. The fetus is representational of an intimate and introspective metaphysical investigation. It is a posture that relates to the female as reproducer and acts as a metaphor for the seed within.
