MotherMATTHEW FINN with an essay by ELIZABETH EDWARDS Over a thirty year period, from 1987 onwards, Matthew Finn collaborated with his mother, Jean, to document her everyday life through a series of portraits taken in her home in Leeds. This is a record of the ordinary, of a daily routine with which we are all familiar. It is also a record of the gradual shift from middle age to old age, and, in Jeans case, to the onset of mixed dementia and a move from the

Significant life choices – involving financial difficulties

148 colour photographs

Gulf millionaires began coming to the area

she was employed at the Perls Galleries

He now lives in the Pyrenees

320mm x 247mm

Born in Winnipeg and presently living in Vancouver

and intelligence in a career that boasts numerous publications and exhibitions

central America and Lebanon – he has continued to document Britain

or the investigation of surface by Tapies

His affection for them is obvious

Interviews & texts by Gea Scancarello