"Shelley Horan's ongoing body of still life work first took seed back in 2020 during lockdown. When we couldn't be in close proximity to people (nor, therefore, capture them with cameras) the maker began to take a keen interest in the still-life genre of photography, turning to everyday objects as her creative fuel. "It's been an itch I can't seem to scratch ever since," she says."
""The beauty and the curse of working indoors is that you're always creating things from scratch", the photographer says, "there's very little intervention or input from the outside world." Within these constraints, however, Shelley has found a place for daydreaming in amongst the blank spaces that feeds into the scenes she creates. "There's always an urge to disrupt anything that becomes too precise", she says, in order to "create friction in this controlled environment.""
Shelley Horan began her still-life series in 2020 during lockdown, shifting focus from people to everyday objects. She sources items from thrift and junk shops, favoring cheap, dust-coated pieces for dynamic, saturated compositions. Her work emphasizes close-up perspectives that render ordinary things ethereal, from the colours of a pepper to the wick of a candle. Studio practice relies on meticulous arrangement and lighting to present familiar objects as unfamiliar. Indoor constraints prompt creation from scratch, daydreaming, and deliberate disruptions to precision, producing friction and a playful, exploratory approach informed by parental encouragement.
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