The underlying theme of her photographs is landscapes of the imagination, created by placing the likes of cookie cutters, jelly moulds, common foods and other everyday household objects within images of either the Dorset countryside or studio-created imaginary landscapes.
A serious view of fantasy photographs
JUDGING by the sales of photographic images at the recent artLONDON, the public appears to be warming to the genre as a serious art form. A further test of its acceptability may be gleaned until July 26 at Cork Street’s Hirschl Contemporary Art, with the showing of 10 or so photographs (£1000-1800) by Sian Bonnell, whose work is represented in the V&A and Houston’s Museum of Fine Art.