New member | Polly Tootal

Polly Tootal’s photography has emerged out of a continual exploration of the possibilities of space between a variety of extremes; theatre/reality, the  contemporary world mirroring history, transience/permanence, the bizarre in the banal.

Concerned with how contemporary geopolitics restrict and displace different societal groups due to poverty and injustice - her work focuses on liminal zones where the urban landscape and infrastructure meet, highlighting the chaos and control our authorities have forced upon populations and the environment there.

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Polly Tootal has lived and worked in London since graduating from the University of Brighton, having studied Editorial Photography under Magnum  photographer Mark Power. She presents regularly in solo exhibitions, group shows, and at art fairs throughout Britain and Europe. Notably, she exhibited at the Palazzo Rialto as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 and Ville D’Hyeres, France 2015. Prints of her work are held in private collections in the USA, Europe, and the UK.