House and Garden May 2022

JOONEY WOODWARD /PHOTOGRAPHER ‘My driving force is to take photographs that reveal the joy in being human,’ says Jooney. Having studied graphic design at Camberwell College of Arts, she spent seven years working in the Vogue archives, during which time she became ‘immersed in the world of photography and the work of some of the world’s greatest photographers’. In 2011, she was awarded the National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize: ‘I was blown away – it was my favourite exhibition to visit as a student.’ For this issue, she shot the striking portrait of Climate Crusaders Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones (on pages 124-125). ‘It was fascinating to hear about their methods and processes,’ says Jooney. What do you love most about photography? ‘I get to meet some fascinating people and…

As you can imagine, decorating your own house as the editor of House & Garden comes fraught with all sorts of pressures. In the last year or so that we have been working on my husband’s family home in North Yorkshire, there have certainly been moments of self-doubt and procrastination. But budget constraints and lack of time have both aided decision making, and I have found it most helpful of all to constantly remind myself who this house is for and how we want to live. Does it need to be striking? Imaginative? Clever? Perhaps not. Ultimately, we want it to be a considered but happy backdrop to our lives. I often go to sleep thinking through the rooms: banishing the many images of other people’s houses that have swayed…

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CLEANING and organising is a PRACTICE, not a project A place for EVERYTHING and everything in its PLACE For suppliers’ details, see Stockists page…

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