Gina Glover is a photographic artist and educationalist. She became a professional photographer in the early 1980s and is one of the founders of the Photofusion Photography Centre in London.
Gina Glover's early work ranged from documentary photography to the exploration of family life. Today she focuses on our relationship with nature. Her imagery visually symbolises our complex struggle to make sense of the world and our place within it. She runs photography workshops in psychiatric hospitals and lectures on themes such as 'Creativity, Photography and the Mind'.
"Pinhole allows me to stretch the boundaries of the photographic moment. Our eyes capture information at approximately one-sixtieth of a second. With a pinhole photograph, an exposure can last for hours or days. Mine are generally between 30sec to 15 minutes. Long exposures and overexposed colour film means natural light seems to glow. The landscape becomes frozen layers of light allowing the viewer to transcend time and place."
In autumn 2003 she received first prize in the DNA category of the Visions of Science awards for her picture ‘Chromosomal Stripy Socks’. This image is on display at the Science Museum, London. This photograph was created during her artist in residency in the Genetics Department at Guy’s Hospital, London.
Gina's pinhole photography ‘About Time’ has recently been shown at Gables Yard Gallery, Norfolk and her pinhole photographs of churches in Romney Marsh, Kent were exhibited in New Romney church as part of ‘Art in Romney Marsh 2003’.
She is currently Photographic Artist in Residence in the Dialysis unit, Northwick Park Hospital, London and her exhibition ‘Photogenetics’ is on permanent display in the Genetics Department of Guy’s Hospital. A portfolio of her work is presented in AG magazine (issue 29) and Portfolio magazine (issue 36).
