Lucy Bentley
Lucy is a photographer based between Cornwall and Bristol. Her work is a visually poetic exploration of landscape, and of an intimate and often unsettling sense of place. She is interested in a variety of topics from Celtic folklore and climate change concerns, to exploring the female experience.
Morvoren (‘Mermaid’ in Cornish), draws on my childhood interest in local folklore to explore the psychological landscape of growing up in Cornwall, revealing the hidden femininity of the Celtic county. The guiding metaphor of the ‘Morvoren’ alludes to the cautionary origin of Cornish mermaid tales now applied to the age of anxiety concerning the natural world, as well as the social issues deep-rooted within my county.
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