Layla Sailor

Layla Sailor

Layla Sailor was born in Manchester, England in 1978. After completing a degree in

photography at Manchester in 2005, she has continued to combine commercial fashion photography with fine art & filmmaking, receiving an honourable mention at the 2009 IPA awards and was short listed for the 2009 Royal Photographic Society Genix Bursary.

She has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows including Printemps Paris, Nouvel Organon Paris, Harris Museum, Preston Art Gallery and Calumet Photographic. Clients include Whitney Port,1883 Magazine, Boohoo, Oxfam, Forever Unique, The Lowry Theatre

Her work explores the relationship between the self, nostalgia and personal fictions.

Inspired by cinematography and literature, she creates hyper-realistic, dreamlike works focusing on colour and styling. Her work also includes lighting design, art direction and prop making

Layla lives in Manchester, and works between Manchester, London and Paris.

Nouvel Organon w/ Haecceity Project July 12


Sailor Stannard Retrospective 31.05.13 - 17.06.13