TITLE: What is your substance, whereof are you made? Shakespeare Sonnet 53


This series uses layering and juxtaposition to create complex images.
I collage, and then digitally manipulate, two or more of my own photographs.
The resulting blending hints at hidden narratives with surprising symbolism


1 - ‘The goddess Nyx
– 'The goddess Nyx, Tamer of men and gods'
– Homer

2 - 'A Joy Proposed'
'Before, a joy proposed; behind a dream'
- Shakespeare, Sonnet 129

3 -'Lot’s Wife' –
‘And the Lord said, “Escape for thy life; look not behind thee”, But his wife looked back…’
- Genesis 19:26

4 - ‘Aphrodite with the Golden Apple’
– Greek Myth

5 - ‘All That Remained of Daphne’
‘Her tender bosom was wrapped in thin smooth bark,
her slender arms were changed to branches and her hair to leaves;
all that remained of Daphne was her shining loveliness’
- Ovid

AUTHOR: Camilla Broadbent (United Kingdom)

COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

2023 - Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Finalist -Exhibited - Barcelona
2023 - PX3 – International Paris Photo Prize – Finalist
2023 - International Color Awards – Finalist
2022 - International Spider Black and White Awards – Finalist
2022 - IPA International Photography Awards - Finalist
2022 - Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Finalist - Exhibited - Barcelona
2022 - Monovisions Awards – Finalist
2021 - Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Finalist - Exhibited - Barcelona
2021 - IPA International Photography Awards - Finalist
2021 - Monovisions Awards – Honorable Mention
2021 - PX3 – International Paris Photo Prize - Finalist
2021 - International Color Awards - Finalist
2021 – Spider Awards - Finalist
2020 - BJP Female in Focus - Winner -Exhibited New York
2020 - IPA International Photography Awards - Finalist
2020 - International Color Awards - Finalist
2019 - IPA - International Photography Awards - Finalist
2018 - International Color Awards - Winner
2017 - I PA - International Photography Awards - Finalist
2017 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Winner
2016 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Winner
2015 - Renaissance Photography Priize Finalist - Exhibited Getty Gallery London
2015 - IPA International Photography Awards - Winner
2015 - Pink Lady food photographer - Finalist - Exhibited Mall Gallery London
2011 - Arles International Open Competition - Finalist - Exhibited Arles France
2010 - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Winner
2010 - Vermont International Self Portraiture Competition
2009 - Plates to Pixels International Competition - Winner - The Best of Show
2009 - Terry O'Neill Award Competition - Finalist
2009 - LPA Documentary Competition - Finalist
2009 - Photo8 Competition at Host Gallery
2008 - AOP Red Dot Exhibition
2008 - AOP Polaroid Retrospective
2008 - LPA Portrait Competition - Finalist
2007 - Royal Photographic Society International Competition - Gold Medal -The Overall Winner
2007 - EMAP Shots - Finalist
2007 - Artoteque - Distinction
2006 - AOP Capture Competition Finalist -Exhibited Association of Photographers Gallery
2005 - AOP Open - Exhibited Finalist AOP Gallery London
2004 - AOP Open - Exhibited Finalist AOP Gallery London
2003 - NPG Self Portrait UK - Exhibited- National Portrait Gallery London
2002 -Kobal [now Taylor Wessing] Portrait Prize - Finalist - Exhibited National Portrait Gallery London

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 – Wanton Boys – The Chelsea Arts Club London
2017 - Looking on Darkness - Viewfinder Gallery London
2015 - Scenes of Deceit - The Chelsea Arts Club London
2013 - Strange Fruit - The Art Gallery - Abergavenny Wales
2011 - Thinking makes it s- Aldeburgh Gallery
2011 - Some Brighter Dreams - Sacred Space Gallery London
2010 - Beautiful and Damned -Hoxton Gallery
2010 - Strange Shadows - The Association of Photographers Gallery
2010 - Phantoms of Delight - Archer Street Gallery - Soho
2008 - It’s Your Turn - Chelsea & Westminster
2006 - Becoming 2 - Chelsea & Westminster
2005 - Silent Lives - Blue Room -