UNIQUE APPROACH
Harriet can’t visualise and has a silent mind - in fact she has no capacity for inner sensory recall at all, resulting in a heightened appreciation for daily experiences. It also means that she greets every new photography session with fresh eyes as she has neither preconceptions of the image she’d like to create, nor expectations of a particular outcome.
This neurological blind spot ensures a spontaneous, non-formulaic method to Harriet’s work - and makes her good at finding solutions if there are any tricky circumstances to deal with.
APPROACH
Harriet is an experienced photographer with a talent for capturing both the physical and the emotional in her portraits.
Wherever possible she uses natural light, working hard to find the colours, composition and angles that show sitters to best advantage and without artifice. Stylistically her portraits are informal and loose, she looks for tones and lines that support her subject but don’t clutter the frame.
Harriet is personable and relaxed and her heightened empathy helps to create a rapport so that the resulting image captures the personality of the sitter.
ANALOGUE & DIGITAL
Photographs on film have soul, depth and character - the emotion and grain of analogue is tangible and the colours are exquisite. She works with both medium format and 35 mm film cameras.
Efficient, convenient, sharp and fast - Harriet and her digital camera take on all scenarios.
Her Rolleiflex TLR was made in 1959, her Olympus in the late 70’s and her Sony in 2024.
EXHIBITING
2025 - Shortlisted for the Summer Exhibition, held annually at the Royal Academy, London
2024 - Harriet reached the final shortlist for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, held annually at the National Portrait Gallery, London