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, 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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COME SAIL WITH US!

Approaching its third year, the Creative Ecology residency, in collaboration with @sailbritain and poet Anna Selby (@thenaturetable), explores creativity as an ‘ecological power’ and as a way for us to connect with oce

‘I have fallen through time and found the enchanted world. Where all is beginning.’ — Nan Shepherd

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when it’s quite clearly Ocean – Arthur C. Clarke

Dark Ocean is here! On the edge of the North Atlantic! A fitting place to do a little rough-around-the-edges photoshoot with this barnacle-encrusted treasure… featuring a tattoo of a badly drawn fish I drew when I was 17.

‘Dark Ocean is

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.