Hello! I am a writer, photographer and cultural curator.

My words are in the Dark Mountain Project, Centre for Humans and Nature, and Evolve Magazine, among others. I write METAXU on Substack. My images are in the Guardian, Telegraph, and Times, and indie print and online publications.

I’m making a documentary called Islandness and convene the Creative Ecology residency with Sail Britain and Anna Selby. I recently gained an MA from Schumacher College with a dissertation titled ARCHIPELAGO: A Cartography of Relation. I am also part of the Dark Mountain Project team.

I have curated several courses for advaya, including Contemporary Spirituality and KINSHIP: World as Archipelago/An Exploration Into Being Together. In 2018 I founded the Experimental Thought Co, a network that convened events on culture change, where I curated the Human//Nature series.

I also consult for radical organisations, advising and strategising for cultural transformation with an ecological bent. I have collaborated with Perspectiva, Climate Majority Project, Life Itself, and the Institute of Relational Being.

I grew up in South West England and now live between there and a wild Hebridean island with my dog Rune. Read nice things people have said about my work here. Contact me here.

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Sunrise over Ben More and Ulva through a misted window on an autumn Sunday *chefs kiss*

Thongweed in the Lost Harbour, from @thedarkmountainproject’s latest issue, Dark Ocean.

The Earth and I are entering the dreaming

Modelling my cute seabird pelvis earrings. I generally don’t wear jewellery (sensory nightmare), but who could pass up an opportunity to flounce around in these treasures!?

Resharing my Seonaidh get up. @morvern.studios shared a tale of this elusive Hebridean water spirit today and it got me excited about mucking about in seaweed again (go check it out on her page!). More photos at hannahlclose.com/seonaidh

The Seonaid

This elemental vessel has travelled across the Atlantic Ocean and Hebridean seas by at least 3 boats to reach me on this wild island. A fitting journey…

Thanks to @storyvagabond for inviting me to be a part of this stellar group of writers. I

Here’s one of my images featured in @thedarkmountainproject’s latest issue, Dark Ocean, from my OSSUARY series (hannahlclose.com/ossuary)

I found these objects as they are and thought they looked like a salmon.

Supermoon rising over Ulva.

I’m now taking bookings for winter portrait shoots between South Devon and London, between December - February. I am still taking bookings in the Inner Hebrides until then.

I can also travel to you if you are based elsewhere.

I create subtle

Old, quiet, wild foggy forests along the stormbound shores of Loch na Drom Buie during the Creative Ecology sailing week with @sailbritain. Plus a video of behemoth waves as we rounded the treacherous Ardnamurchan Point. A ten hour ‘mega sail&r

Clouds over Gribun cliffs and Ben More