Lola II

Years ago Philippa and I created a character called Lola.  We made up our own story based around her solitude in a hotel room.  Lola's poses had an air of sadness and uncertainty about them but this time we felt it was important to show she had moved on and grown stronger.   Again she is in a hotel shower room but this time she wears a different expression.  She's happier and comfortable with what she sees in the mirror.  As with the first shoot I looked to one of my favourite photographers for inspiration.  I love the way Ellen Von Unwerth photographs her subjects as if they don't know she's there.  Like a voyeur who has just happened upon a moment worthy of recording.  Only in my last photograph is Lola aware of the viewer.  Ellen Von Unwerth has also done many shoots with a grainy black and white film and that essence I wanted to capture here in my re-imagining.