Virginia Woods-Jack

My early years in photography were based purely in my life, my friends, my family, my environment, the beauty of natural light in all its renditions from sunrise to sunset. From this I developed a strong sense of how I like to work and the images that I respond to which are very observational and considered.

The commissions I have built my career on allowed me the privilege of photographing people with stories that asked for an approach that was sensitive and dignified. As I tend to work with “real people” I find that giving some agency to the subject in how they are photographed brings with it a great feeling of collaboration. I create the scaffold for fabulous narratives to play out, creating real images from staged situations.

I learned early on in my career that all creative work is collaborative and I love that about the process. Coming together to create is the approach I use to this day.