Last year I did a shoot for Seven Dials Osteopathy Clinic in Brighton. The shoot involved taking staff portraits and also some photos of the osteopaths at work. A couple of weeks I was asked to go back to take some more photos of new members of staff and also some photos of Jo Hull who is an acupuncturist who works from the clinic.
Olivia Rowley
Jo Hull
Jo was very aware that acupuncture is difficult to photograph. The challenge was to take photos of Jo at work that would be calming and reassuring. So most of the photos concentrated on the pressure points used in acupuncture and some of the complimentary practices like cupping which involves using warm glass bowls to create a vacuum which increases blood and lymph flow, resulting in improved circulation. We also thought it would be a good idea to get some photos of the actual needles. As someone who has had acupuncture I can confirm that the use of acupuncture needles is painless but getting photos that would convey this is obviously tricky. Photographing the very fine needles used was obviously a challenge but I hope that the images will be reassuring to anyone considering acupuncture.
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Jo Hull at Seven Dials Osteopathy Clinic
Acupuncture at Seven Dials Osteopthy Clinic
