This evening around 50 of us, including a visitor from as far away as Portland, Oregon in the United States, settled down to 'expect the unexpected'. And we certainly enjoyed the journey through Jo's work life and her photographic voyage with its unexpected twists and turns.
Jo spoke to us from her, living off the grid, Dartmoor home. She explained her early days making photograms and cyanotypes and her master’s degree in photography from Falmouth. While at Falmouth she produced images of stars and outer space without using a camera! She sprinkled meteorite dust onto light sensitive paper and used sunlight to expose the image.
She was awarded her master’s and reality kicked in when she had to repay her student loan. So, back to commercial photography and work for a production company in famous gardens, and faraway places, India, and the jungles of Bangalow. With the loan paid off she returned to her real interest as a colourist, making artwork without a camera. The Getty library asked if they could license her work and she began to look for a house on Dartmoor.
She bought a house that needed and awful lot of work and just to make life even more tricky she had two children!
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