The Waiting Room: Artist Talk and Book Launch

About The Waiting Room: Artist Talk and Book Launch

Join photographer and academic Katie Lock for the launch of The Waiting Room, a deeply personal photographic project developed during and after her cancer treatment at Barts Hospital. Drawing on her experience as a patient, Lock turned to photography to process the altered sense of time and embodiment that accompanied illness. The project explores the physical and emotional impact of treatment through detailed images taken in and around the historic North Wing of Barts. By capturing scars, textures, architectural fragments, and moments of stillness, The Waiting Room invites reflection on vulnerability, care, and the passage of time. Lock’s photographs sit in quiet dialogue with the hospital’s own layered history, particularly the ongoing ‘restoration’ of the building through the ages. The event will include a talk, a reading from the book, and a presentation of selected photographs. About the artist Katie Lock is a London-based photographer working as part of Brotherton-Lock Photography alongside her partner Tim Brotherton. Her work has been widely published in magazines and books. She holds a PhD and lectures in photography at Middlesex University. Find out more: www.brothertonlock.com