Light Becomes Silence

This was a solo exhibition of photographic work by McBride and a new collaborative bookwork with Mexican writer Roberto Brave, based on their journey through Patagonia.

The photographs were part of a larger body of work, which uses the analogue medium in response to landscape. Landscape has a history in the photographic medium but it is an area dominated by the male perspective. Why do so few women make work in and of the land and why do we know so little of those that do? Some of these questions feed into McBride's area of interest.

Bravo's text chronicled their journey through Patagonia, reflecting on the mythical, socio-political and historical specifics of the places they visit. This work was also impacted by a car crash which left McBride in hospital and Brave under arrest in Chile.

Supported by Creative Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art.