Valda Bailey's Dreamlike Photography Blends Painting and Abstraction

British photographer Valda Bailey, originally from Jersey in the Channel Islands, has gained international fame for her works that straddle painting and photography, inspired by abstract expressionism and impressionism. Her dreamlike images of landscapes, portraits, and still lifes hover between reality and abstraction, created through an intuitive process using intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, and layering of forms and colors. Bailey states that her approach is informed by her background in painting, using techniques to blur detail and abstract shapes in the landscape, pushing boundaries across genres and disciplines in search of her voice.