Unheard
Unheard
2023
Photographic scan
Connecting objects across generations, I hold my late father’s scalpel which he used for cutting negatives in his photography studio, scanned as a photographic image - a technique he also used in his personal work. The scalpel in my hand repositions the control, or lack of it, I experienced with the birth of my son - my father’s grandchild he will never know - reflecting on the medicalisation of the birth experience and the perceptions and contradictions of ‘natural’ and ‘medical’ birth journeys.
Available for sale
Photographic print on giclée paper (6 x 6")
Limited edition of 6 (unframed)
£200
Contact ellie@ellieshipman.com for more information.
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