"Being In between” is an acclaimed photographic series of portraits with recorded interviews of girls aged between ten and twelve, exploring the complex transition between childhood and young adulthood. Carolyn Mendelsohn has been working on the evolving project for over six years and it arises from her own memories of being this age and the desire to give a voice and faces to the young women who inevitably must pass through these mysterious hinterlands on their journey towards adulthood. During this time Carolyn has completed over ninety portraits and interviews to produce a legacy project that is representative portrait of our time.

One of the awards Carolyn won for this exhibition was a gold medal of her picture of 11 year old Alice Ackroyd in royal photographic society’s international print exhibition! This one out of 57 countries and 5,500 entries and is one of 100 selected to tour and two of her other portraits from this collection were shortlisted too! 

That’s not the only reason Carolyn spoke to us though. 

‘Through Our Lens’ is Carolyn’s latest project with is amazing!  Carolyn has been mentoring groups of young people aged 13-18 documenting Covid 19 in the Bradford area.

Take a look enjoy and please please support!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408499994/being-inbetween

https://www.instagram.com/being.inbetween/

https://www.instagram.com/through_our_lens_covid19_proj/

https://www.patreon.com/ThroughOurLens?fan_landing=true

http://www.carolynmendelsohnphoto.com/