About

For the last eighteen year I have lived in an old stone house in the remote hills of the Cévennes National Park. The naturalistic garden I have created and the hills beyond have become a constant source of inspiration for my creative practice.

My work explores the tension between fragility and resilience and the shifting relationship between light and shadow. I am drawn to patterns, textures, movement and the layering of forms, often moving towards abstraction as a way of expressing an emotional response to my surroundings.

I like wild places.

After studying education and teaching in the UK and Kenya, I went on to live and work in the remote Kenyan bush, running expeditions and later guiding photographic journeys across East Africa. Immersed in the vast Kenyan landscape for many years, I became attuned to nature’s rhythms and quiet changes, developing an intuitive way of seeing that continues to shape my photography.

I now bring this experience to my work with others, helping them develop their own visual sensitivity and creative practice.

Lou Sayers

Awards & Qualifications

  • People’s Choice Photography Exhibit - RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026

  • Silver-Gilt Award - RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026

  • Associate ARPS - Royal Photographic Society – November 2025

  • Licentiate LRPS -Royal Photographic Society – January 2025

  • The Photographer’s Bar - Natural World, The Guild of Photography 2023

  • Qualified - The Guild of Photography – December 2023

Exhibitions

  • ‘A Cévenol Garden - Where Grasses Dance’ RHS Botanical Art and Photography Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery June 18th - August 2nd 2026

  • ‘Where Grasses Dance’ Awards Collection solo exhibition, A. Smith Gallery - July 1-July 31 2026

  • ‘After the Rains’ History, A. Smith Gallery – Juror’s Award Kevin Tully, Dec 2025

  • ‘First Light’ Rivers and Oceans, SheClicks – Juried by Rachel Talibart, Nov 2025

  • ‘Solace’ Landscapes, A. Smith Gallery – Juried by Wendi Schneider, July 2025

  • ‘Calypso’ Multiple Exposure, SheClicks – Juried by Carolyn Mendelsohn, The Photography & Video Show, London, Nov 2024

Publications
A woman with blonde hair sitting on the ground in a natural landscape, taking a photograph of distant hills and sky with her camera. The scene is outdoors during 'golden hour' early evening, with tall grasses and bushes around her.