She takes photos on a daily basis, and yet, Lisa Gwen is decidedly not a photographer, in the traditional sense. She claims that hers is just an “eye for detail”, a penchant for texture and colour, and that ultimately hers is a quest to chase light and attempt to frame it.
She has a simple vision, perhaps more of a desire to share her discoveries with like-minded individuals, in the hopes that more people will open their eyes and see, not only look, at their environment and surroundings, be it urban or rural, be it random or commonplace. Titled The Hunt for Pink and Other Stories, Lisa will be showing a small selection of images captured over the past 18 months, at Solo Vinyl and Books in Msida. Inspired by her door-hunting expeditions, exploratory walks and innately curious nature, the collection of idiosyncratic snaps offer an alternative aesthetic to the picture-perfect postcards often associated with the Maltese landscape. Like a bee to honey, the colour pink has become a guiding hand, informing her pursuits, so much so, that all the other narratives seem to have become an offshoot of this inexplicable quest.
She is a curator of words and an editor of spaces. Her work and...
