Shot by Ned

"I have a go at a family portrait now and then.  I am keen to record the family as it grows.  This is the first floor landing of our house: a busy junction of the home.  Bedrooms, a bathroom and my studio lead directly off it.  It becomes Ned’s space base, Ella’s dance floor and Hattie’s Gym at weekends.  In the middle of the night panicking feet tumble through it towards our bedroom to escape nightmares and in the morning impatient siblings pace the floor awaiting the bathroom slot.  It would be lovely to think we all interact wonderfully all the time but of course the reality is we disappear into our own worlds or that of the ether while inhabiting the same space.  Ned however, although self-sufficient, demands attention from his siblings and his mum and dad.  Lisa here would be the only real witness to my assassination." - Peter Brown