Loops and Echos merges together two projects that I have been working on for some time. They come under the working titles of Portrait of London (portraying London's less known spots) and Still Life of Moving (beautifying London city's squats). Both of these have been exhibited separately, but with time they grew into each other. To me they reveal what I would call a home. The two ideas began when I first moved to London a decade ago. The theme of home was very much at hand and I started living my way through London's squats.
I was charmed by the character and variety of the spaces and how they have been DIY beautified. I was looking for quiet and intimate moments, which means that I have a huge collection of pictures of beds. As the buildings are often boarded up I realised the repetition of artificial light and a sense of claustrophobia, so I began to look at the surrounding areas as well as the interiors. I photographed areas in which I lived, mainly in North London, capturing the things that I've seen a hundred times on the way home, everyday things that I saw over and over.
Nina B was born in Prague in 1987. She works in photography, film and video, focusing on documentary topics, mostly social and housing related. Her work has been exhibited in Prague, London and New York, and she won an award for young creatives from the Czech Ministry of Culture in 2011. In 2017 her documentary film Men in a Box got selected for the Doc Outlook at Visions du Reel. She currently resides in London.