by Lisa | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
On this day last year, 23 March 2020, I, like everyone else, went into lockdown. I closed my studio door and went to pick up my other half, who had been made redundant from his job. I had no idea what was ahead, but I certainly didn’t think that a whole year...
by Lisa | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
At the time of writing this, it is 12 months since we were first put into lockdown and forced to pull the shutters down on the photography studio. Rather a lot has happened in the last year, as you may notice by some key changes to this website’s branding. It...
by Lisa | Sep 18, 2020 | Open Shutters
Katie is one of those people who, on the surface, look like they have it all. She’s young, beautiful and famous. But just before the exhibition in 2018 she published a book detailing her battles with mental health and offering advice to young people on how to...
by Lisa | Sep 17, 2020 | Open Shutters
Arun approached us because he had read about the Open Shutters online. He was a keen writer who managed a media centre in Wolverhampton. And so we had a little road trip to the Midlands to photpgraph Arun and record his video: When I announced I was hosting a virtual...
by Lisa | Sep 16, 2020 | Open Shutters
Ella Fraser was the very first person to volunteer to be photographed for Open Shutters after I published my own story. At the time, Ella worked for a mental health charity, which is how I met her. She didn’t know me very well, but she was a keen supporter of...
by Lisa | Sep 15, 2020 | Open Shutters
Two years ago today (September 15) was one of the proudest days of my life. An exhibition of my portraits opened at Gallery Oldham for a two-month stint. The exhibition was the pinnacle of two years of hard work, assisted by my friend and business partner, Robert...
by Robert Cragg | Oct 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have been fortunate enough never to have experienced mental health issues at first hand. That’s not to say I never will, but not so far. So you might wonder what I’m doing writing this blog for the World Health Organisation’s World Mental Health Day. Before I took...
by Lisa | Oct 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a mental health warrior (or Stigma Buster as someone called me last year), I cannot let World Mental Health Day 2019 go by without writing a blog. The theme this year is suicide prevention so that’s what I want to talk about. Anyone who knows me even...
by Lisa | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week is mental health awareness week. In fact, we’re approaching the end of it. It has taken me this long to summon up the courage to contribute. Everyone who knows me knows I’m usually the first to be on board with any opportunity to shout about mental health....
by Lisa | May 17, 2019 | The Friday Photographer
How would you like a free photoshoot, a complimentary print and a 10% discount? Read on … We love having our business based in Hack Oldham – a great co-working and makerspace in the heart of Oldham – but there’s no denying that the premises have a few limitations when...
