'Bad Girls'

My interest in memory, focusing particularly on loss, enables me to explore sensitive and delicate subjects. Crime and murder have become a focal point within my practice, and I have become particularly interested in and curious about British female serial killers. Within each photograph I transform myself into Myra Hindley, Mary Bell, Rose West, Beverly Allitt and Maxine Carr. The series of photographs involves impersonating these infamous women creating the iconic and well known mug shot after the conviction of their horrific crimes. All of these women have been involved in, or committed, murder which has resulted in them taking the lives of vulnerable children. The element of innocence and youth of the victims can become a visual struggle at times due to the emotional and psychological involvement within the work. I aim to engage and confront the viewer through the challenging nature of the topic, and to subvert the stereotypical representation of femaleness in our society. 




 

Myra

 

 



Mary

 

 



 

Rose

 

 

 

 

 

Beverly

 

 

 

 

Maxine