Lynda is a Street and Fine Art Photographer, based in Oxfordshire, England, where she lives with her husband and young daughter. She specialises in Street Photography and Environmental Portraiture, and is experienced in Lifestyle, Editorial, and Portrait Photography.
"My years of living and travelling in diverse cultures have made me an observer of how people live in and interact with their environment, and with one another. Photography allows me to both observe and interact with people and their place, even if just for a moment. I am always looking for the details that might tell a story, be it a setting, a gesture, expression or the interaction between people, or trying to re-present the ordinary as a photo-document of a moment in time. For me, a key element of a story is the space people inhabit, and the way they interact with that space, particularly the left-behind evidence of activity, of a life taking place just outside the frame of an image, such as abandoned chairs and sofas, a cluttered kitchen counter, a hand resting on a surface or object. In particular, I find myself drawn the glimpses of ordinary life viewed from both close up and at a remove."
Lynda grew up in South Africa, but with a German mother she felt drawn towards Europe; contrasting experiences, of place and culture, have had a lasting influence on how she views both everyday and global events. The past 20 years have seen her travelling widely, and found her calling such diverse places as Cape Town, London, Dusseldorf, Rome, Kuwait City, and Glasgow, amongst others, home-for-now.
In 2016, Lynda and her family returned to live in the UK, after 9 years spent in diverse locations. Having recently re-located to Oxfordshire, Lynda has begun work on two new projects. You can follow her work on Instagram #thesometimephotographer and via her occasional Blog lyndahiggsphotography.com/blog.
Whilst living in Kuwait, Lynda attended a specialist Street Photography workshop in Dubai, with Mimo Khair & Michael Kistler of FindingYourselfInTheStreets, an experience which not only confirmed her passion for the genre of Street Photography, but also inspired her to share this passion with others, leading her to facilitate a number of successful, bespoke workshops, focussing on Street Photography and Mobile Photography. She also went on to work on a project that led to the first exhibition of her work:
"In May 2016, I successfully held my first solo, Fine Art Photography Exhibition in Kuwait. titled "Souk of the Soul". The exhibition featured the people and places of the historic Souk Mubarakiya, and was self-curated from conception to delivery."
An experienced freelance features writer and guest blogger, Lynda write feature interviews, as well as pieces focussing on women, lifestyle, environment, food, expat life, and travel. Her work (both writing and images) has appeared in Kuwait's leading glossy Bazaar Magazine www.bazaar.town bazaar.town/realizing-the-green-dream , as well New Yorker Magazine newyorker.com/books/page-turner/dark-side-of-the-spoon-the-moods-and-recipes-of-nigel-slater.
"My years of living and travelling in diverse cultures have made me an observer of how people live in and interact with their environment, and with one another. Photography allows me to both observe and interact with people and their place, even if just for a moment. I am always looking for the details that might tell a story, be it a setting, a gesture, expression or the interaction between people, or trying to re-present the ordinary as a photo-document of a moment in time. For me, a key element of a story is the space people inhabit, and the way they interact with that space, particularly the left-behind evidence of activity, of a life taking place just outside the frame of an image, such as abandoned chairs and sofas, a cluttered kitchen counter, a hand resting on a surface or object. In particular, I find myself drawn the glimpses of ordinary life viewed from both close up and at a remove."
Lynda grew up in South Africa, but with a German mother she felt drawn towards Europe; contrasting experiences, of place and culture, have had a lasting influence on how she views both everyday and global events. The past 20 years have seen her travelling widely, and found her calling such diverse places as Cape Town, London, Dusseldorf, Rome, Kuwait City, and Glasgow, amongst others, home-for-now.
In 2016, Lynda and her family returned to live in the UK, after 9 years spent in diverse locations. Having recently re-located to Oxfordshire, Lynda has begun work on two new projects. You can follow her work on Instagram #thesometimephotographer and via her occasional Blog lyndahiggsphotography.com/blog.
Whilst living in Kuwait, Lynda attended a specialist Street Photography workshop in Dubai, with Mimo Khair & Michael Kistler of FindingYourselfInTheStreets, an experience which not only confirmed her passion for the genre of Street Photography, but also inspired her to share this passion with others, leading her to facilitate a number of successful, bespoke workshops, focussing on Street Photography and Mobile Photography. She also went on to work on a project that led to the first exhibition of her work:
"In May 2016, I successfully held my first solo, Fine Art Photography Exhibition in Kuwait. titled "Souk of the Soul". The exhibition featured the people and places of the historic Souk Mubarakiya, and was self-curated from conception to delivery."
An experienced freelance features writer and guest blogger, Lynda write feature interviews, as well as pieces focussing on women, lifestyle, environment, food, expat life, and travel. Her work (both writing and images) has appeared in Kuwait's leading glossy Bazaar Magazine www.bazaar.town bazaar.town/realizing-the-green-dream , as well New Yorker Magazine newyorker.com/books/page-turner/dark-side-of-the-spoon-the-moods-and-recipes-of-nigel-slater.
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PLEASE CONTACT ME to request the right to use any of my work in any forum or format, for any purpose, be it private or public, for profit or not.
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