Izzy Leach - Idle Idyll distanz verlag

Izzy Leach - Idle Idyll distanz verlagZone6 2023 We would use the trips to rivers and lochs as a way of filling up the long summer days and as I got older, the activity evolved into a more complex means of socialising. Returning to these spaces now as an adult signified another shift and unexpectedly, a quiet feeling of loss. The cyanotypes were a further exploration into the limitations of memory; the natural imperfections of the printing process reflecting my attempts to rei magine my

21 photographs

backward facing

tortured and amputated in her most symbolic physical expression of femininity

externalised

for managing the breach that separates the self from all that is not the self

the river is frozen

perpetually trespassing on private moments: rollicking children practicing handstands on the couch

Not only are these mines the biggest source of CO2 emissions on the continent

but without anyone getting broken along the way

She later travelled extensively

and materiality

The Reservoir weaves together images of the drying lakes and people seeking a leisurely day at the beach