Rising star, female artist and mother of two, Contemporary photographer Polly Penrose presents her new series of self portraits.

“Polly’s pictures are sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, always bewitching". Tim Walker

Following her first solo show A Body of Work (self Portraits 2007 - 2014) at Mother Gallery in 2014 10 Seconds will showcase four new series of Penrose’s work. The exhibition features Pool Party, shot in Ibiza and I was Never Good at Yoga, shot using meditation and yoga equipment as prosthetic extensions of the artist’s body and Paperwork, where Penrose’s body takes on the challenge of using colourama paper to become ‘something else’.

Penrose began taking photographs when she was a teen. She would aim the camera towards herself investigating her emotions, body and identity. Her first self portrait was taken on a day she was upset with her father. She wrapped a rope around her body, shot a photo and sent it to him to communicate her feelings.

The exhibition showcases an ongoing dialogue developed over the course of the years,from the artist “hammering her body into the landscape one picture at a time”, as she says, to getting centre stage, moulding herself into her own muse - a transition from a more intense, passionate attempt to a lighter, more meditative and ironic viewpoint. All framed by the passage of time and changing scenarios. Polly’s head is always removed from the photographs. Her identity changes, in every picture she becomes an integral part of the landscape or an object.

“The most recent work is objects interacting with my body. Much more of a physical transaction. Tactile forms shaped together making a temporary sculpture from my body and everyday objects. My ongoing project a Body of Work instead is a response to a space and its contents. It is a physical conversation between me and the space.”