Ellen Nolan

(from "One at a Time") © Ellen Nolan


(from "One at a Time") © Ellen Nolan


(from "One at a Time") © Ellen Nolan


(from "Previous Personality") © Ellen Nolan


(from "Previous Personality") © Ellen Nolan


(from "Previous Personality") © Ellen Nolan


Ellen Nolan Graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2007 with MFA Fine Art

“‘Previous Personality’ explores the artist’s relationship to her mother as she recedes into dementia.
Ellen Nolan documented herself and her mother in key moments over two years, to explore the journey of reversal and erosion.
Nolan started photographing herself and her mother when her mother stopped recognising her as her daughter.”

‘One at a Time’ observes the dynamics of, and emotional hierarchy within single parent families.
The images explore an expressive undercurrent that reveals both the inherent tensions and intimacies that arise from this complex relationship.

I work with the mediums of photography and film to explore ideas around human isolation, the ageing process, emotional relations and social hierarchy. I am interested in hidden aspects of society and human behavior, how these translate themselves onto film and my subjects further relationship to the camera.”

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