Siân Davey
The Garden
Ptge & carrer del Carme

Created with her son Luke during a time of family crisis, The Garden begins with the renewal of a long-neglected back garden. Filled with wild flowers, it became a space of intimacy and welcome. The mothers and daughters, the lonely, the marginalised, new lovers, the traumatised and heartbroken and those that had concealed a lifetime of shame.
As the garden evolved it became an expression of sexuality, yearning, joy and interconnectedness.
The garden turned into a metaphor for the human heart.

Siân Davey is a photographer with a background in Fine Art, Social Policy and psychotherapy. Her deeply personal practice explores psychological landscapes through her family and community.
She has received major international awards, published Looking for Alice and Martha, and her work is held in leading collections including the V&A, the National Portrait Gallery and the Martin Parr Foundation.

