Recently, I was selected to participate in SCAD’s latest photo alumni creative challenge inspired by the launch of SCAD FASH’s exhibition, Robert Fairer Backstage Pass: Dior, Galliano, Jacobs, and McQueen. The theme of this challenge was to create work that highlights a behind-the-scenes moment. For the challenge, I chose to create an image documenting my daughter getting ready before we go out to shoot scenes in the English Countryside.

Southwick Hall, an Elizabethan house, is nestled part of the ancient hunting grounds of the Rockingham Forest. Every March, the parkland surrounding the house is transformed into a carpet of daffodils. These images are a small attempt to capture the dazzling display. I share the best places to see daffodils and daffodil walks throughout the English Countryside.

Reclaiming Beauty is a collection of images of my daughter in the English Countryside. This collaborative body of work tells the story of a mother and daughter bond in the aftermath of trauma. The English Countryside is their Secret Garden.