About
Rachel Wallace entered the darkroom aged about 5 and since then has rarely left it, gaining experience, awards and qualifications over the years.
She studied at St. Martins, London and is now pursuing an interesting and unique career as a Funeral Photographer (see February2011 Photo Pro Magazine for an article on Rachel)
Much of her work deals with grief, loss and what is no longer there, and her photographs are often emotive dealing with as Michal Douane puts it "not as it looks but how it feels".
Her recent work -"Through a glass, darkly" is a complex subjective piece montaging images and detritus from abandoned residences with text from the french philosopher Roland Barthes 'Camera Lucida' and poetry of Gloria Dawson to exemplify feelings of loss and longing, abandonment and absence of presence.
Rachel can be commissioned for funerals where she works discreetly and sensitively throughout. She is unique in her business FAREWELL PHOTOGRAPHY in which she endeavours to demystify and alleviate the grieving process by producing beautiful Memory Books for the bereaved to keep and treasure after the funeral or memorial service. This is not such an unusual undertaking as people might think as Funeral Photography has been used since Victorian times and is a common practice in USA and the Netherlands. Rachel's Memory Books enable the bereaved to have something to hold and look at after the event is over when they may be feeing very much "What now?". With photographs taken throughout the service, moments that may have been missed or forgotten in the emotion of the day can be relived helping the bereaved to come to terms with the actuality of their loss and aiding them in their adjustment to this loss.
Rachel is also available for editorial and lifestyle pieces, her 'warm serenity' as one client describes her enabling her to work well with and understand her clients needs.
Contact 01494 883025 for more, or e-mail rachel@markjwallace.com
Rachel updates her website every few months so do please keep returning.
For information on exhibitions and current events please visit the News & Events section of this website
LINKS:
coffincompany.co.uk/ - different and unusual, bespoke coffins - with a twist of imagination
www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/ - an independent, not for profit consumer advice service
www.dyingmatters.org/ - changing knowledge, attitudes & behaviours towards death, dying & bereavement