Peering in the dark, empty spaces, my camera pressed up to smeared, steamy glass. Glimpses of shiny Christmas decorations; cleaning products and hand sanitisers; abandoned drinks and occasional humour. Grasping at fragments. Our lives from before, becoming ever more distant, evocative, otherworldly, and unimaginable. Looking in as an observer, no longer a participant. Imagining the fun and life and noise. If these walls could talk! Struggling businesses forced to close yet again this holiday season to halt the pandemic left deserted, silent, dark. Lost holiday? Lost society? Lost generation? Or just lost?

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About
Mieke Douglas is a Dutch and Canadian Fine Art Photographer living in London. Her practice challenges our ambivalence to the natural world by playing with distance and scale. She strips down the unnecessary and focuses on simple lines and moments of movement and stillness. Her work moves between fact and fiction and challenges the boundaries of photography and art. She has recently won several major awards: Chromatic, Minimalist, Julia Margaret Cameron and British Photography Awards. Mieke is also Shortlisted for the Alpha Female Award at the Sony World Photography Awards and for the Association of Photographers Emerging Talent Awards 2020. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. She has just had her first Solo Show, ‘STILL”.

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