I am a portrait and documentary photographer based in rural Surrey, working primarily with analogue photography. My practice explores themes of home, family, connection to place, and environmental change through photographs of local landscapes and communities. Using traditional photographic processes and sustainable darkroom methods, I make work that reflects on memory, belonging, and our relationship with the natural world.
Much of my work is rooted in the places and people I know best. Through personal stories and familiar places, I seek to explore wider social and ecological concerns. Many of my series are created over long periods of time returning to the same landscape over many years.
I work mainly with analogue film, using formats from 35mm to large-format 5x4 cameras. For me, the slower pace of film photography encourages a more thoughtful and attentive way of working. It allows time to build relationships, observe subtle changes in a landscape, and create images that are as much about memory and feeling as they are about documentation.
Environmental responsibility is central to my practice. Alongside my photographic work, I run an eco-friendly darkroom in my garden, using sustainable chemistry and low-impact processing methods wherever possible.
My background spans documentary television, arts journalism, education, and research. These experiences continue to influence my approach to visual storytelling and have strengthened my belief in photography's ability to communicate complex ideas, preserve histories, and foster meaningful conversations about the future.
Whether working on long-term personal projects or collaborative commissions, I aim to create photographs that encourage reflection on the places we inhabit and the relationships we have with one another and the natural world.
contact
corinnewhitehouse1@gmail.com
+44 7946 471454
exhibitions
Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool UK): The People’s Garden, June 2026 - August 2026
Saatchi Gallery (London UK): RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026, June 2026 - August 2026
Newlands House Gallery (Petworth, UK): Show Me to You, November 2025 - April 2026
The Seafront Gallery (Worthing, UK): (Return) to the Sea, October 2024 - October 2025
ARTDOC Photography Magazine (online): Expressive Nature, August 2024
POINTSMAN (Hong Kong): Opaque Shattering Truth Awakens, May 2024
The Lightbox (Woking, UK): Raising the Roof, November 2023
Phoenix Art Space (Brighton): Acropetalis in Real Utopias at Photo Fringe, October 2022
UK Parliament Heritage Collection, (online): 209 Women, 2022
British Journal of Photography/1854/New Art City (digital exhibition), 365 Edition - a portrait of the year that changed everything, November - December 2021
3SHOTS - The Triptych Photography Festival (online), November 2021
Fotonostrum Gallery (Barcelona, Spain): 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, February - December, 2020
The Farnham Pottery (Farnham, UK): Remembering Nature, October, 2020
James Hockey Gallery (Farnham, UK): UCA Farnham: Graduate Showcase, June - August, 2019
The Lightbox (Woking, UK): MFA Show, January, 2019
The Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool, UK): 209 Women, February - April 2019
Houses of Parliament (London, UK): 209 Women, December - January 2018
Woking Train Station (Woking, UK): Flora: art at the station, January - June 2018
The Lightbox (Woking, UK): UCA Farnham: Graduate Photography Show, January 2018
The Lishui International Photography Festival (Lishui, China): This is Our Land: Speaking in Photos, November 2017
public collections
Parliamentary Archives, London UK
publications
209 Women, Bluecoat Press
Home, Shutter Hub Editions
awards & shortlists
Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival 2024
Shortlist, Royal Photographic Society IPE164
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Black and White category
14th Pollux Awards, Children category
editorial
press
