Deborah Sandersley spent over ten years working as a freelance portrait/reportage photographer for clients including Time Out, The Big Issue, Decca Records and Newham Community Heritage before studying glass at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. Captivated from an early age by black and white photographs by reportage photographers such as Sebastiao Salgado, Eve Arnold and Don McCullin, Deborah Sandersley's work combines photography and glass, using layering, shading and montage to produce distinctive compositions. Early works focused on the changing face of East London, where she continues to live and work. More recently the work has developed from the early concept of documenting changes to taking a closer look at past and present and how we transform our experiences into memories. Whether a council estate in Hackney or a snow capped mountain in Colorado the pieces are essentially about seeing and remembering. The qualities of glass are exploited by layering the photographs, turning two dimensional images into three dimensional works. Reflections and transparency play a key role in creating depth and movement allowing a narrative to develop. Lighting, whether artificial or natural, is integral in creating a new representation of what is otherwise an everyday scene.