Research. The Enigma of Time.

Sam Taylor Johnson.

Originally a sculptor, Sam Taylor-Johnson began working in photography, film, and video in the early 1990s.

The split between being and appearance in situations where the line between interior and external sense of self is in conflict – has always been in the centre of her creative work.

I briefly had a look at Sam Taylor Johnson’s work at the start of my ideas process through Enigma of time. I originally wanted to take photographs of something decaying or growing, like a tree, as she does with her fruit images. I found her images compelling and very clever, but also there is a sense of surrealism in her images.