Routes

For Autograph’s commissioning project Critical Times: Dialogues in Contemporary Photograph, artist Laura El-Tantawy created She Fights in the Fields, a new series of photographs examining the effects of Brexit and Covid-19 on the mental health of the UK's farming communities and specifically the experience of women farmers and the challenges they face today.

Inspired by a shared appreciation and understanding of land and labour, Shagufta drew from El-Tantawy’s evocative imagery, penning a thought provoking poem that considers the need to nurture and respect the natural space around us, to preserve these traditions for future generations.

The full project can be found here.