Formerly a commissioning editor at British Journal of Photography, Flossie is now a regular contributor to the likes of BJP, Dazed, i-D, AnOther Magazine, Refinery 29, Phillips’ Voices, Woo and more — covering art, culture, film, music, sex and feminism.
As a cultural specialist, Flossie has been invited to speak at numerous events (including Belfast Photo Festival, where she delivered a talk on art and photography under the female gaze, and London Metropolitan University) and to pen a biweekly culture column for ITV platform Woo. Her writing has also been featured in Buzzfeed News’ round-up of “the internet’s most interesting and powerful photo essays.”
Selected writing
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30 years on, Sophy Rickett's Pissing Women continue to shock and subvert (i-D)
The artist behind the seminal photo series reflects on early internet culture and our enduringly macho society
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Personal and Political: Art, AIDS and NYC (Phillips' Voices)
Ahead of Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Auctions in New York, writer Flossie Skelton reflects on how AIDS impacted New York City’s downtown art scene in the 80s and 90s
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How feminist movements have influenced photography throughout history — and vice versa (AnOther)
“Even the ‘feminist’ histories of art are told with a focus on a very narrow demographic of women; women who associated themselves explicitly with a certain type of feminism”
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On the road with Lebanon’s first all-women thrash metal group (Dazed)
A new documentary, Sirens, follows the story of Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara – two defiant thrash guitarists using music to rage against the country's social and economic crises
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How Ari Wegner created Jane Campion’s wild west (Dazed)
The Oscar-nominated DOP talks working on The Power Of The Dog, and the rugged, ‘imperfect’ beauty of New Zealand: ‘It’s like shooting someone you love lying on a bed’
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Marcia Resnick’s offbeat portraits of New York’s most influential artists (AnOther)
Though not embraced by the art world at first, Resnick played a significant role in New York’s downtown scene in the 70s. A new exhibition proves her recognition is long overdue
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Forty years of British youth: Nine photographers capture the intimate journey between childhood and adulthood (BJP)
Photographer and curator Liz Hingley discusses Side Gallery’s latest exhibition: Youth Rising in the UK, 1981-2021
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Photos that capture the glamour and hedonism of New York nightlife (Dazed)
After migrating from his native Philadelphia aged 18, photographer Tyrell Hampton found solace in the city’s clubs
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Cedrine Scheidig on home, place, and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora (BJP)
The French-born photographer – who was selected for this year’s Ones to Watch – reflects on what it means to be an immigrant
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Jess T Dugan’s new photo book is a tender ode to queer love (AnOther)
“After all, how do you meaningfully define a life, if not by the people in it?”
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“I will forever spin gold with girls”: Nydia Blas’s inimitable world of female magic (BJP)
Weaving gold throughout her work as a reference to value, Blas’s ongoing series, The Girls Who Spun Gold, explores the conflicted process of learning to interpret one’s identity in relation to pre-existing structures
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Edward Thompson’s “fever dream” portraits of pre-Brexit Britain
Between the ages of 20 and 40, Thompson shot around the country. The result tells the story of the final years pre-Brexit, and pre-Covid — and its release coincides with a new epoch for England
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Ngadi Smart’s layered portrait of Sierra Leone’s complex water crisis (BJP)
Commissioned by WaterAid and BJP, Wata Na Life captures communities banding together in the face of an increasingly volatile climate
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“If nobody told you it was a project about refugees, you’d never know”: Emeric Lhuisset interrogates the power of perception in conflict photography (BJP)
L’autre Rive parallels the heroism of Kurdish guerilla fighters in Iraq with their plight once they come to seek refuge in Europe
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Benjamin Wolbergs’ vast and vibrant anthology seeks to redefine queer representation
Through the lenses of over 50 different photographers, New Queer Photography traverses a heady mix of identities, experiences, dynamics and aesthetics to counter “one-dimensional” perceptions of queerness
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What do photography and incarceration have in common with an empty vase?
Edgar Martins’ poignant series series uses the context of a prison to explore the philosophical concept of absence, and the troubling impacts of state-enforced separation
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Valentina Sinis on the lives, deaths, dreams and resilience of abuse victims in Iraqi Kurdistan
Broken Princess tells the story of women in Iraqi Kurdistan who try to escape – and protest – domestic violence by setting themselves on fire
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Ukraine through the lenses of its contemporary women photographers
Kateryna Radchenko, founder and curator of Ukraine’s only contemporary photography festival, discusses Ukrainian women’s contribution to the medium in the context of the country’s cultural and historical tensions
Editing
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Female in Focus: Vol 1 ('Your Body is a Battleground')
From ever-present threats of violence and vitriol to the celebrated rites of bearing children, Volume 1 explores narratives of autonomy and ownership around women’s bodies — ultimately asking: are women’s bodies are ever “just their own”?
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Female in Focus: Vol 2 ('The Imprisonment of Being a Girl')
‘The Imprisonment of Being a Girl’ charts both the magic and misery of female adolescence, exploring the intricate nature of girls’ most significant relationships as they move from childhood to adulthood
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Portrait of Britain: Vol 1 ('Community')
As we reconfigure our national identity post-Brexit, Portrait of Britain explores what it means to be British through the art of portraiture
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Portrait of Britain: Vol 2 ('Strengths')
Against the backdrop of a nation still picking up the pieces, the ‘Strengths’ issue celebrates portraits of strength and fragility – power and precariousness – in British communities, families and institutions