The Observer

The Observer is a project focused on some of Robson’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compulsions and her experience of moving back in with her family.

She pairs each constructed image with a complementary photograph taken at an abandoned housing estate. Through bleak and grotesque imagery, she illustrates the feeling of resisting compulsions and distance felt when returning home. The images are a mix of digital images, flatbed scans, 35mm, and 120mm.

The project takes form in a handmade book including nine diptych’s and one triptych, as well as a selection of photographs displayed as prints in a 4x4 grid.

This project was exhibited in AGITATE gallery in Edinburgh in March 2024, as part of group exhibition Sága.