Eleanor Shirkie
I am a photographer from Ayrshire. My work explores the visualisation of emotion through movement using long exposures and intentional camera movement. Inspired by dance, I create images that feel atmospheric, intimate, and painterly. I use fabrics to create fluid, abstract forms that act as an extension of the body. I’m drawn to the unpredictability of movement, the freedom, tension, vulnerability, and energy it creates. I try to capture fleeting and intangible experiences through abstraction and motion. My work invites viewers to experience photography not as a moment frozen in time but as a living emotional expression.
My project
Using long exposures and intentional camera movement, the images blur the boundary between presence and absence, capturing fleeting gestures that dissolve into light and texture. The project, Present, Dissolve, Disappear, reflects on the ephemeral nature of emotion and memory, where forms shift between visibility and disappearance. The ethereal pastel silk prints convey softness, fragility, and dreamlike motion, while the black and white images introduce contrast, grounding the work in raw emotion and physical presence. Together, the two visual languages create a dialogue between clarity and obscurity, permanence, and transience, embodying the tension between holding on and letting go.
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