Sophie Harris-Taylor
Text and artwork by Sophie Harris-Taylor
Interview by Gabe Shah
How did your series Present Fathers come to be?
After becoming a mum for the first time my work began to explore motherhood today. I began to realize that there seemed to be a lot out there for mothers and about motherhood but very little on
fatherhood. I wanted to give a voice to new fathers to allow a space for them to be noticed and share their own stories about becoming dads.
Describe your creative process in one word?
Empathetic.
What inspires you to pursue image-making?
Most of my personal projects come from my own pre-occupations and concerns, I guess I find exploring these subjects therapeutic and often they allow me to gain insight and understand my own
experience through the eyes of others. I’m interested in people’s emotional history. The camera just gives me a voice. I love how instantaneous capturing an image can be, but how much there can
going on before and after and even alongside that we don’t see.
What advice would you give to people just starting out in photography?
Don’t try and confirm and get too caught up in the aesthetics. Be experimental. And explore subjects that interest you and I’m sure they’ll be of interest to others too.
What is the most played song in your music library?
At the moment .. Pillow Talk by Wild Child.
How do you take your coffee?
Milky and sweet