My name is Freya and I am a photographer based in Glasgow. My work is heavily concerned with Scotland, in particular its landscapes and anthropological history. I am very interested in place within the Scottish landscape, and its people. I grew up in rural Aberdeenshire, and it is natural settings where I find most of my inspiration, I am very influenced by Scottish history and allow my setting to guide my projects. I work very intuitively with my camera and make work primarily through my senses and feelings. I feel myself drawn to particular places which always shape the kind of photographs I end up making. The black and white analogue process is very important to my work, and I like to keep elements of the darkroom and the negative in my final pieces, and in this respect, I like to keep a connection to time and slow processes. I am especially interested in deep history and the ancient makeup of the earth. I don’t like to associate myself with the traditional ideas of landscape photography, rather I am interested in the idea of place and the meanings of places, rather than the aesthetics of a landscape.
Education
Glasgow School of Art – BA Fine Art Photography
Exhibitions
2019
Invert - Group exhibition at Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh
2022
A0 - Group exhibition at Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh
2nd year Fine Art Photography Group Exhibition - Group exhibition at 103 French Street
2023
Ambi - Group exhibition at The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
Fragments - Group exhibition at Govan Project Space, Glasgow
2024
LEEWAY - Group exhibition at New Glasgow Society, Glasgow
Events
2024
Mother Book Launch - Launch for publication Mother at Agitate, Edinburgh
Publications
Seek What They Sought (2020)
The Grass That Binds (2022)
Mother (2024)