JAYNE LLOYD

PHOTOGRAPHER

Notes on Recent Things

I hope your year is off to a good start. January’s always a funny month (maybe I say that about most months?) but so far it’s been pretty good. I’ve even got some Christmas chocolate left to eat.

Unbelievably, my DYCP year is complete now, so I’m working hard to keep its spirit alive. You can read my reflection on that time in my post here. One of my main goals in that time was to investigate possible documentary photography projects with local community groups and that’s something I’m continuing to work on. They’re long-term projects, so I’m not rushing to post images yet, but as we find our way I’ll share more.

Photograph of a black box of prints on a dark grey background, with three prints visible showing a hand holding bent silver wire, an interior with a lamp and vase on a bedside cabinet and a portrait of a woman in a brown coat and scarf. There's a smaller black folder on top with two small publications on top, titled 'HOME / WORK' and 'THE CUBE'
Really pleased with my bespoke portfolio box by Kudos with space for prints and a neat way to include zines.

I’m also continuing my Home / Work project, photographing the workspaces of people who live and work in the same premises. I’ve visited some amazing workspaces this month, which I’ll share on here soon, and I’m always looking for more, in all sorts of industries and all sorts of styles. If you’re interested in being included in the project please get in touch.

I started the year by watching the truly beautiful film Perfect Days by Wim Wenders. It introduced me to the word ‘Komorebi’, which is apparently “the Japanese word for the shimmering of light and shadows that is created by leaves swaying in the wind. It only exists once, at that moment.” Looking for a link to include here I discovered it has an equally beautiful website, which is well worth having a look at.

Photograph of a grey wall with fairy lights draped on a doorframe to the left and the light and shadow of a window in the centre of the image, showing the shape of a climbing plant.

My first exhibition visit of the year was to Dis-array by Emma Barrow & Olivia Browne at Level Best, which is a response to the everyday, by the artists working in parallel. I really enjoyed it and it’s on until 30 January so there’s time to catch it if you’re in Colchester.

We did a Mystery Guide book in the City of London and discovered tucked away places I knew nothing about and a view of St Paul’s Cathedral I had never seen before.

In the very early hours of the first Sunday of the year my garden was completely covered in snow. When I woke up at the correct time it had all washed away, but the remains of a snowman on a train station platform proved I hadn’t imagined it.

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Dis-array by Emma Barrow & Olivia Browne at Level Best, Colchester, January 2025
London, January 2025. Photograph of St Paul's Cathedral with greenery in front and a large pool of water in the foreground with the image of St Paul's reflected upside down on the surface.
Chelmsford, UK, January 2024. Photograph of a pile of snow (a melted snoman), on the platform at Chelmsford railway station, with a train visible to the left, posts and signs behind in the centre of the frame and grey metal fence to the right of the image.

I’m looking forward to continuing projects, collecting more Trivial Matter and the slow increase in daylight as we move towards February. If you’ve got a project you’d like me to get involved with, a home workspace you’d be happy for me to photograph or film/TV series you think I’d like, please get in touch, it would be lovely to hear from you.

Colchester, January 2025. Photograph of windows in a building at night, lit from inside. To the left the silhouette of a desk fan is visible with boxes around it, through a grey window with 'CURZON' visible very faintly and to the right two orange windows with 'FILM, FOOD & DRINK' and silhouettes of boxes and shelving can be seen.

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