Between 2014 and 2021, British photographer, artist, and writer Lottie Davies worked extensively on this intricately researched and documented large-scale multimedia project which exists online, as immersive physical exhibitions, and as this limited edition monograph.
'Quinn' is the story of a young man, William Henry Quinn, who is walking from the south-west of England to the far north of Scotland in post Second World War Britain. Although fictional, the work is in response to the real experiences of men and women post-trauma, both in the early twentieth century and now. The life changes imposed on each generation by conflict and global socio-economic collapse as well personal tragedy produces a constant stream of people left untethered in the world, often literally travelling in any way they can, to find a new home, a new purpose and to rebuild their place in the world. 'Quinn' is a meditation on grief, loss, loneliness, the human search for meaning, and the possibility of redemption through time and landscape.

In its entirety, 'Quinn' exists as a multi-modal project, consisting of large-format photographs, moving image pieces, ephemera and text, created to be viewed and read side-by-side, to take the viewer through a multi-dimensional experience; much like reading a novel, visiting the theatre, and going to the cinema at the same time. This book is a hand-held version of that experience.

BIO

Lottie Davies is an artist and writer based in Cornwall and London. Her work has won recognition in numerous awards including the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Award, the Arte Laguna Prize, and the Young Masters Prize. Her collaboration on 'Dreams of Your Life' with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 was BAFTA-nominated in 2012.

In recent years she has developed her practice to employ moving image, audio, text and interactive installation alongside large format photographs. This mixed media approach was crystallized in her seven-year project 'Quinn' which was widely exhibited across the UK and published in a limited-edition monograph in 2021.

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