Rosy Martin and Verity Welstead have been working collaboratively since November 2017 using phototherapy techniques developed by Rosy Martin from 1983 to explore highly personal issues.
Photo London 2023- Rosy Martin/Verity Welstead Body as Landscape in ‘Writing Her Own Script – Women Photographers from Hyman Collection’-
One recurrent topic was the investigation of ageing. Rosy, started worked with Kay Goodridge on turning 50 (www.outrageousagers.co.uk) and felt the need to revisit the issue of ageing in her 70’s whereas Verity, 20 years younger, had started to look at the feelings of loss associated with teenage daughters moving on. By sharing stories and feelings about how it was to be seen as older women in supportive and empathetic exchanges, it was possible to gain understanding of each other’s specific circumstances. The age gap of 20 years between the two together with their diverse life experiences has exposed insightful similarities and differences.
Alongside issue based work we each turned to our own specific personal stories that were explored, unpicked and reexamined using ‘re-enactment phototherapeutic’ techniques to learn about, come to terms with and process an ever changing life.
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