Elinor Brass is an artist and Head of Art at a school in South East London, England. Working with photography, drawing, print-making and installation, she plays with the juxtaposition of objects and textures to create painterly responses to environments. The absence of people as well as the contrived and found positioning of objects in her images emphasise implied activities and narratives.

She often works in collaboration with Emily Orley. In their work together, they begin their projects with the idea that ‘places remember events’ (words that James Joyce scribbled in the margin of his notes for Ulysses) to investigate and document the history of sites in and around London. By thoroughly researching the buildings that they decide to use and their surrounding areas, and then working with carefully composed installations and photography, they bring these places to life by tapping into the memory contained within their very fabric.