The importance of representation
As female farmers, working and living in a male dominated world, they are underrepresented in the UK, and yet, according to the Office of National Statistics, the number of women in farming has increased by almost 25% in the last ten years alone.
For Sophie, it was important to represent this in 'Drawn to the Land'. In understanding the relationship between farmer and landscape, she found that, 'more often than not, that perspective is a male on, I was curious to understand it from a female view point.'