Tessa bunney biography examples

The Sunderland Point photographs of

Tessa Bunney: Photo © John Angerson

For over 30 years, Tessa Bunney has photographed rural life, working closely with individuals and communities to investigate how the landscape is shaped by humans.

From hill farmers near her home in North Yorkshire to Icelandic puffin hunters, from Romanian nomadic shepherds to Lincolnshire flower farmers her projects reveal the fascinating intricacies of the dependencies between people, work and the land.  Work includes ‘Made out of Orchards’ which was commissioned, published and exhibited by the Martin Parr Foundation and ‘Going to the Sand’, an ongoing personal project collaborating with Morecambe Bay fishermen which was published by Another Place Press in 2023.

‘Going to the Sand’ - about inshore fishing around Morecambe Bay - was first shown at Lancaster Maritime Museum in 2022.

Over a four year period Tessa spent many days on the sands of Morecambe Bay with fishermen in all seasons