Ellie Smith" Clearing" @ Orexart Gallery

In the photograph "Girl and Black Cat, Urqutarts Bay" in the exhibition "Clearing" by Ellie Smith, the centre of focus shows a girl gazing at something on the ground and a black cat which seems to be the girls pet gazing in the opposite direction. From the surrounding information; the pine trees and branches in the foreground and the multiply tree trunks in the background, it seems that the photograph is taken in a rural area, a pine forests . The girl and cat seems to be exploring/hiking in the forest and searching for something. This is shown through the pose and expression of both charcters. The girl is walking towards something, looking downwards and the cat gazing at something in the opposite direction.

The photograph shows the important Pine trees and forests are personally to Smith. She quoted "I made huts in the pine trees as a child… I remember anxious old-world stories of lost and enchanted children. I am still warmed by the smell of Christmas.”