Sarah Kent for The Arts Desk writes:
“The title of Joy Gregory’s Whitechapel exhibition is inspired by a proverb her mother used to quote – “you catch more flies with honey than vinegar” – and her aim is to seduce rather than harangue the viewer.
It’s a good stratagem, especially if you are pointing to things your audience may prefer not to consider. And Gregory’s images can be beautiful (the seduction); but in order to avoid a diatribe, she often approaches her subject obliquely and quietens her voice to a whisper, requiring the viewer to pay close attention and hone in on the message.
If most photographers use the camera to look outwards and record what they see, Gregory employs the medium more as form of self-exploration and enquiry. And the question that seems to haunt her and to underpin much of the work is “Where do I belong?”
The full review can be accessed here.