NAME: Rachel Morris
BIRTH PLACE: Stockport, UK
BIRTH DATE: 11.26.65
BIOGRAPHY
I became a photographer by accident; I was trying to be a writer at the time, and image capture was pleasurable procrastination. I learn new things every day, and sometimes have to relearn the next, but one thing I know for sure is this: a piece is not 'ready' until it has its own inner vitality somehow.
The music for Paintography is 'La Femme D'Argent' by Air. The music in Lomoland is Talvin Singh's 'Light-Disser'. Read the Haikurnals while listening to 'Pharaohs' by Tears For Fears (with added BBC Radio 4 goodness). FilteredInk is accompanied by 'Promenade Sentimentale' from Vladimir Cosma's soundtrack for 'Diva'. The music with Venezia is 'Adagio' by Eleni Karaindrou.
A writer, photographer, artist and teacher, I am widely published in the law and policy field (both articles and books), and have three degrees including a PhD in Law. Between 1998 and 2003 I co-founded, edited and contributed to the magazine 'Traveller's Times'. My first book, 'Gaining Ground: Law Reform for Gypsies and Travellers', was launched at the House of Lords in May 1999. I now live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I work with EarthRights International.
My picture of Carhenge, Nebraska won The Guardian's 'Send Us A Snap' competition in March 2004. Six of my photographs were chosen to appear in InsideOut magazine's 'Faces of the World' slideshow in March 2005. Two of my photos appear in the booklet accompanying every LSI Fisheye camera sold throughout the world. I was the 2005 AbleStable Award winner, with my 'paintograph' entitled 'Beaten'. My writing and photography have been published in, among other places, the Journal of Law and Society, The Guardian, Legal Action, ChildRight, Education Law Update, Tolley's Communications Law, AN Magazine, InsideOut, Contours, and the book 'Korea Up Close'.
