zoë downey / about

hello
welcome to my portfolio—

for work enquiries contact me via email.

I'm zoë, a photographer and writer based near london, uk. I document quiet scenes and everyday ephemera that invite digital preservation. I also critique cinema & contemporary media.

presented here are:

- photo projects & series
- film reviews & extended thought pieces.

find me here:

instagram
vsco
letterboxd

my process:

imagery is the concern across my work, paired with the critical discourse that orbits it. in taking photos, my present focus is on minimalist details of still-life and subtler movements of street photography. to me, this process is about noticing and zeroing-in on the smaller—but significant—ordinary.

working with my dslr and phone, I seek to frame moments of calm, serenity and visual order within the chaos and complexity of modern-day living.

projects & features:

view my project 'shoe sighting' (@shoesighting), whereby I capture and curate photography that features footwear in beautiful or unusual ways. this work is inspired by my time at ual: london college of fashion where (in 2013) I spent a brief but experimental year studying to become a cordwainer.

read my post on pop sonality blog where I share my 10 tips for aspiring photographers.

a little about me:

my love for photography was sparked by my dad's interest in lomography and my grandmother's eye for composition as a painter. this joy found in documentating image was later rekindled during a month-long trip to japan in 2019.

I earned my first-class bachelor's (hons) in english from goldsmiths, university of london in 2017.

in 2020, I graduated with a master's in american literature & culture. I specialised in ecocriticism surrounding american and japanese animation.

thank you for passing through; I'm glad to be here.

zoë downey / @zoeurl
zoe.downey@gmail.com

1995.