I am based in London and make documentary work with a focus on narratives about place, people and the environment.
I photograph for editorials, and collaborate with musicians and bands, authors, theatre and film makers.
Contact me directly for enquiries about licensing and commissions.
Limited edition prints of my photographs may be purchased. Contact me for my up to date print sales catalogue.
Whilst I was born and raised in London, my surname is Polish and is pronounced Yen-drosh.
Alongside my practice, I am an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London and a freelance Picture Editor. I founded and run Photo Scratch. Previously I was Picture Researcher and Picture Editor for The Sunday Times Online, and Picture Editor at Reuters on the Wider Image Picture Desk.
Born in South East London, I am the daughter of teachers, sister of a severely disabled brother, and granddaughter of freedom fighters, political activists, peace advocates and a forester. My heritage is British and Polish. A sense of attachment to and fascination with place has been the wellspring of my work, in trying to understand my histories and those of nations, borders and peoples. I strive to make authentic, observant, and emotionally engaged photographs, often led by colour and feeling. My work focuses on topographical and historical connections between people and environment, trying to capture the intensity of lives lived and a sense of emotion below the surface. I am interested in the influence of place, and the shape of it around us, as we follow in the footsteps of those who came before. My sense of curiosity is piqued by scientific, architectural and metaphysical concepts, and these elements often find their way into my work.
As a trained actor and theatre maker at Rose Bruford drama school, the intersection of performance and photography interests me and I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with brilliant creative practitioners in different fields including Johnny Flynn, Dry Cleaning, and The Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2013, I completed the Masters in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication led by Paul Lowe and Max Houghton. In January 2016 I founded Photo Scratch, a work-in-progress and networking event for documentary photographers which has gone on to host events at venues including The Photographers’ Gallery, Hotshoe, Four Corners and The Royal Photographic Society.
I am proud to be part of Women Photograph, a network of female and non-binary independent documentary photographers across the globe.
Select Clients
The New Statesman / Der Spiegel / The Royal Shakespeare Company / The Telegraph Magazine / Johnny Flynn (Transgressive Records) / Dry Cleaning (4AD) / Overseas Development Institute / Freedom From Torture / Canadian Business / The Grand Journal / The Robb Report / The Sunday Times Magazine
Awards and Accolades
2020 Leica Oskar Barnack Award - nominee, nominated by Brett Rogers
2019 Royal Astronomical Society Residency - shortlisted
2018 Royal Photographic Society Hundred Heroines - nominee
2016 Royal Photographic Society Environmental Bursary - grant winner
2015 Tim Hetherington Trust Visionary Award - nominee, nominated by James Brabazon
2014 The Polish Ex-Combatants Association of Great Britain - grant winner
2013 IdeasTap Innovators Award - grant winner
2013 The Eton Fund - grant winner
2011 Magnum/IdeasTap Professional Practices - subsidy winner
Select Talks and Workshops
2023 Workshop Leader, Land Narratives Study Group, Land Art Agency and Collective
2022 Workshop Leader, Land Narratives Study Group, Land Art Agency and Collective
2022 Portfolio Reviewer, Photo Frome Festival
2021 Workshop Leader, Land Narratives Study Group, Land Art Agency and Collective
2021 Workshop Leader, Battersea Photo Walk, with Photofusion and Art on the Underground
2020 Visiting Lecturer, MA Photography, Falmouth University
2020 Workshop Leader, How to Approach Environmental Photography Projects, Land Art Agency
2020 Invited Speaker and Portfolio Reviewer, Folio Friday Online, The Photographers’ Gallery
2019 Visiting Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire
2019 Invited Speaker and Portfolio Reviewer, Folio Friday, The Photographers’ Gallery
2019 Visiting Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts Farnham
2019 Workshop Leader, Text and Photography, Photo Scratch
2019 Visiting Lecturer, MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography online, London College of Communication
2018 Workshop Leader, Drift Into the Night photo walk, with Photofusion and the Museum of London
2018 Visiting Mentor to MA student, Norwich University of the Arts
2017 Visiting Lecturer, BA and MA photography courses, Norwich University of the Arts
2017 Visiting Lecturer, MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
2016 Invited Speaker, Symposium: New Pastoral Paradigms: Explorations in Landscape and the Self, Bank Street Arts Sheffield, Open College of the Arts
Exhibitions
2024 The Rivers Melt solo show, Farleys House and Gallery, the home of Lee Miller, Sussex
2021 Pretty Vacant group show, London
2019 isle launch group show, Hotel Elephant, London
2015 PhotoMasters group show, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2014 Photo Salon/14 group show, Photofusion, London
2014 Where We Stand group show, Vantage Point Collectives Gallery, Brighton Photo Fringe
2014 I Feel Every Stone of the Road solo show, POSK Gallery, London
2014 Raw Talent group show, Dalston Department Store, London
2014 Where We Stand group show, LCC Galleries, London
2010 Clinic Presents group show, Amersham Arms, London
2010 Deep End group show, The Macbeth, Hoxton, London