Knoll & Missing Photography Competition Entry

From the series Missing, Point Hill, Greenwich, London

I was delighted to be short listed for this competition; by coming across the competition call, I was reminded of a project called Missing I had started in 2004. The image attached to this post is from that series.  It is a project close to my heart, as it was a turning point while studying photography, that I realized, I could and perhaps would change paths form architecture. Coming across this competition call has given me a prompt to return and complete the series... also encouraging to see commercial companies partnering with charities to both inspire and help others. 

For more information contact me at siobhan@siobhandoran.com

Savoy | The Restoration reviewed and recommended by Laura Noble from Diemar & Noble for the Spring Edition of fLIP

With hotel rooms starting from £300 and running into the thousands, for many The Savoy would be the ultimate decadent experience. With a history as rich as its clientele, when its doors closed for refurbishment at midday on

the 15th of December 2007, it was officially closed for the first time in its 118-year history.

But just as the proverb says, ‘As one door closes another one opens’, and open it did for photographer Siobhán Doran, whose access-all-areas gave her the unique opportunity to record the changes taking place within the aging interiors of this incredible iconic building.

Her images do not only record the transition from beginning to end of the transformation, they also seize the multiplicity of the task at hand through sensitively composed glimpses at the very bare bones of the building. The layers as they are peeled away expose the changes in time like the rings of a tree trunk. Each layer has its purpose whether it be for function or façade. Abstract alignments of brick against concrete, broken tiles and floral wallpaper become pictorial and pleasing on the eye. Each element no matter how deconstructed retains a beauty, indeed an appreciation of the past as it steps towards the glossy future of decadent delights to come.

As the book progresses and the detail transforms from structural achievement to stunning artistry, Doran continues her document in the same way. In treating each and every element of the process as such she brings The Savoy

to life and more importantly her photographs also. This is a fascinating book from every angle and I urge you to discover it for yourself.

The book is a Clothbound hardback, 
178 pages, 290mm x 290mm
, 110 colour plates
 ISBN: 978-1-907893-14-8




It can be purchased gift wrapped and signed at The Savoy http://www.shopatthesavoy.com/the-savoy-collection/gifts/restoration-book.html 

alternatively, an unsigned copy is available at http://www.dewilewispublishing.com/GENERAL/NEW&RECENT.html