Pamela Raith’s rich, saturated photographs are full of intrigue and an underlying unease, reminiscent as they are of forest crime scenes and the lure of the fairytale. Her practice is a kind of visual mythology, and explores the strangeness that lurks beneath the surface of a familiar place and the memories it triggers.
In her Fantasia series Raith explores the creation of contemplative space: photographs as a site of reflection on the landscape and the undisclosed stories and ideas. Much of the work is set in woodlands and forests; a world of ominous enchantment as depicted in fairytale narratives, where the forest boundaries divide beauty from danger.
Raith received a first class honours degree from Northumbria University in 2009, and since graduating has exhibited in Newcastle, London and Kagawa, Japan.