"Photographer Lydia Garnett, curator Lucy Nurnberg and barbershop owner Zara Toppin recently came together to create and host the exhibition Close Shave to add to that archive. Shot in Zara’s barbershop, Toppins, Lydia tells me how they “always knew it would be a dyke series”. The idea first came about during a haircut, and from here was born a series of barber-themed portraits. For Lucy, the collection also “symbolizes that kind of balance between edge, tenderness… romance, all that.”

 

- Extract by Lucy Aldous, read the full piece here: Close Shave by Lydia Garnett, Lucy Nurnberg and Zara Toppin

 

Credits:

Close Shave by Lydia Garnett, Lucy Nurnberg and Zara Toppins

Photographer and Director: Lydia Garnett

Curator: Lucy Nurnberg

Barbershop owner: Zara Toppin

Text: Lucy Aldous

 

An archive submission HÄN received in January 2023 from Lydia Garnett.

 

30/01/2023