The Homegrown (Pandemic) Collection, 2020-

Pepper000ExpC on Ilford Ilfospeed Multigrade MG1M paper, expired Feb 1980. Copyright Anthony Carr

Pepper005CTCC on Ilford Ilfospeed Multigrade MG1M paper, expired Feb 1980. Copyright Anthony Carr

Pepper009ExpC on Ilford Ilfospeed Multigrade MG1M paper, expired Feb 1980. Copyright Anthony Carr

Pepper010ExpC on Ilford Ilfospeed Multigrade MG1M paper, expired Feb 1980. Copyright Anthony Carr

Pepper013ExpC on Ilford Ilfospeed Multigrade MG1M paper, expired Feb 1980. Copyright Anthony Carr

Pepper016CTCF on Ilford Galerie 2.1K paper, expired Nov 1978. Copyright Anthony Carr

A body of work exploring the artistic possibilities of homegrown peppers seen through the prisms of lunar study and sustainability.

This ongoing project is featured in the FOOD issue of Canadian-based photography publication PhotoEd magazine (#67 – Spring/ Summer 2023) and in issue 2 of maybe. magazine, a German arts publication published by Kalamari Klub, based in Heidelberg.

To date, works from the series have been shown in exhibitions in both Europe and North America. ‘Pepper000ExpC’ was also shortlisted in the ‘Fujifilm Innovation Award’ category of the internationally renowned Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition in 2022, whilst ‘Pepper005CTCC’ was awarded the inaugural Glover Rayner Prize at Photofusion’s SALON/21 exhibition in 2021.

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