lynda laird East Sussex, United Kingdom

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I am a photographic artist with a research-based practice merging archive, photography, video and sound. Employing techniques, methods and materials that are sympathetic and relevant to the subject.

I focus on long-term bodies of work: primarily looking at landscape and the traces of memory in these spaces. I am interested in exploring ways of showing what is invisible to the naked eye, often employing camera less techniques and working with the materiality of specific landscapes in an attempt to bring an element or trace of its history in to the work.

I recently worked as the photographic artist in residence at the Royal Astronomical Society, where I focused my research on the celestial discoveries of the 18th century astronomer Caroline Herschel, I was awarded an arts council project grant to turn my research in to a touring installation which was shown at the Royal Astronomical Society, Jodrell Bank First Light Pavilion, The Herschel Museum and Solaris Gallery. I have also worked on two long-term artist residencies In France, resulting in a group show at the Planche(s) contact photography festival. I have exhibited Internationally and won a number of awards, I was nominated for the Magnum Graduate award in 2017. My work has been featured on the BBC, BBC Newsnight, CNN Style, The New Scientist, The New Statesman, The Guardian, BJP, Huck and Fisheye magazine, amongst others.