Five women star in Work in Process

Work in Process is a new exhibition at the Print Sales Gallery, championing the work of five female contemporary artists who use alternative processes in their photography.

According to Gemma Barnett, curator of the show, the initial idea was to look at artists who approach photographs as “three-dimensional objects”. She also wanted to focus on women and their approach to photography, which in turn “gave a much more personal feeling” to the exhibition.

Julie Cockburn’s “self-reflective work” reinvents vintage photographs using embroidery and collage to add bold geometric patterns and gestural scrawls. Jessa Fairbrother, meanwhile, tackles “brave issues that relate to her femininity” in a series where she intricately pierces the surface of silver gelatin prints using needles.

Joining them are Alma Haser, Felicity Hammond and Liz Nielsen; Barnett adds that the exhibition is a “great opportunity to reflect what women are driving into what is a traditionally male-driven practice”.

Work in Process will run in the Print Sales Gallery, in The Photographers’ Gallery, until 09 June https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/print-sales

Landscape Shapes, 2017 © Liz Nielsen. Courtesy of The Photographers’ Gallery and the artist
Dragonfly I, 2017 © Jessa Fairbrother. Courtesy of The Photographers’ Gallery and the artist
Lee and Clinton (1), 2017 © Alma Haser. Courtesy of The Photographers’ Gallery and the artist
Gust, 2018 © Julie Cockburn. Courtesy of The Photographers’ Gallery and the artist
Surfacing (formation 01), 2017 © Felicity Hammond. Courtesy of The Photographers’ Gallery and the artist
Marigold Warner

Deputy Editor

Marigold Warner worked as an editor at BJP between 2018 and 2023. She studied English Literature and History of Art at the University of Leeds, followed by an MA in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London. Her work has been published by titles including the Telegraph Magazine, Huck, Elephant, Gal-dem, The Face, Disegno, and the Architects Journal.