Having studied English literature and painting before moving to photography, Young’s work is greatly informed by these practices and the contemporary works of Alice Neel and George Shaw, alongside the traditional practices of Giorgio de Chirico and Piero della Francesca. Drawing upon the limits of a photographic capture, Young regards herself to be an ‘unreliable literary narrator’; an omnipresent character who observes and captures a moment in time and point of view – who saw what and when.

The duo recently held an in conversation at Galerie Fabian Lang on Wardour Street on Young’s most recent body of works, ‘Stills’. Inspired by Italian neorealist cinema, these images casts buildings as the keeper of stories – where a sense of human experience lingers on the empty streets.

In 2021 Young had her debut in Italian Vogue, a photograph of model Laura Bailey sitting for a portrait by British painter Chantal Joffe and upcoming projects include curating a group exhibition of painting and photography which blurs the formal boundaries of each medium and invites audiences to consider photography within a wider artistic context. Estes says “multilayered and multifaceted by her influences from literature and film, her singular eye is so informed and subtle in its delivery, I’m excited by this process and work, and can’t wait to see what she will do next.”