Sandy Edwards

CCP asks Sandy Edwards the deep questions

1.What gets you out of bed every day?

A small voice that tells me it is time to leave the comfort of the bed!

2. Who is the photographer/artist that has inspired you the most?

I loved fashion photography, which is focussed on women, so Sarah Moon and Deborah Turbeville.

3. What current camera are you shooting with?

IPhone 14. Used to be Canon SLR’s.

4. When you are on a shoot do you play music? What other essential items do you have with you for a successful session?

I photograph what I see in the ‘real’ world. The world provides me with opportunities to record.

5. In the digital world how important is the print?

The print will always have a special place. If you want to exhibit work you cannot tell how good it is until you print it at a selected scale.

6. B/W - Colour - Analogue - Digital. 

    Put these words in your order of preference and tell us why.

Analogue – B/W – Colour – Digital

This is the way photography evolved historically.

7. Have you exhibited your work, and other than the print, how important was the framing process to you?

To frame or not to frame? Yes, I have exhibited. I always say framing is a political  decision. It dates the historical era of the work as perceived by the viewer. not complete.

8. What defines a great image?

A great image gives you a rich and complex satisfaction when viewing it. It is hard to describe.

9. What is your favourite photo? Why?

The first image of the shop window models (they used to be called ‘dummies’) in my current exhibition. It is very powerful because it represented my uncertainty in life at the time it was taken. It lasts the distance in terms of representing a state of mind on the model’s face and simultaneously of my own state of mind at the time in the 1970’s

10. What is the best photography advice you have been given? Tell us by who if you can or want to?

When I was young teachers and mentors would tell me what grade of paper to print on and other technical facts. It taught me quite early to trust my own choices.

11. When you are not taking photos, what are you doing?

Going to movies, spending time with friends.

High Point

Getting a job at Stills Gallery. That led me to a much broader understanding of photography.

Low Point

Getting older and finding it harder and longer to produce things.

CCPhoto Comp

July 2025