The Vessel
Constructing self-portraits and documenting her environment, Laycock explores the experience of living in a human body. The artist, who lives with Multiple Sclerosis, uses visual strategies to communicate where the limitations of language fail. Reflecting experiences of transition, loss, and illness
Awards
Color Photography Contest
2024Silver
Conceptual
Professional
The Vessel
Constructing self-portraits and documenting her environment, Laycock explores the experience of living in a human body. The artist, who lives with Multiple Sclerosis, uses visual strategies to communicate where the limitations of language fail. Reflecting experiences of transition, loss, and illness
About Artist
Hannah Laycock
Hannah Laycock (born 1982, Scotland) cultivated her skills in fine-art photography in Brighton and London. Her work documents her diagnosis and subsequent experiences of living with Multiple Sclerosis and has appeared as the cover piece, including an extended essay written about her work, in the BMJ’s Medical Humanities Journal, 2017. In 2018, she featured in Wex Photo Video campaign, More Than an Image; and in 2020, in ‘Pause the Plié’ a BBC Radio 4 documentary.
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