JAYNE LLOYD

PHOTOGRAPHER

Photograph looking through two open doors to a a black grand piano, full bookshelves and a lit ceiling lamp visible in the next room. In the foreground a plant in decorative wrapping sits on a small wooden table to the left of the frame and part of a wooden table and chair can be seen at the bottom edge.

HOME / WORK Project: NYE PARRY

Nye Parry is a composer and sound artist who produces creative work from his home studio. I met Nye through his wife and frequent collaborator Madi Boyd, whose home studio I also photographed.

I asked Nye:

When did you start working from home? I’ve always worked from home most of the time, alongside teaching work. Creative work I’ve always done from home, since I left university, really.

What made you decide to work from home rather than in premises offsite? Premises offsite for the kind of work I do is quite expensive and I don’t find I can generate enough income from it to cover that, really, is the truth. I’ve always enjoyed working from home because I can work when I want to and if I have an idea in the middle of the night I can, theoretically at least, get up and do something about it, so I find that very convenient.

What do you like best about working from home? The convenience of having it there and now, with Madi having her studio in the same house, we often work on joint projects, I do a lot of sound work for Madi’s installations and videos, so it’s nice to be able to come together for lunch in-between our two spaces.

What aren’t you so keen on/are there any difficulties in working from home? Possibly there are a lot of distractions, but these days with the internet there are a lot of distractions wherever you go to work really, so it doesn’t make that much difference. I think distractions are a general problem rather than a working from home problem. I did a project a couple of years ago where I used somebody else’s studio and ‘went to work’ to do it because I could use a bigger surround sound studio than I had access to at the time and I enjoyed that process actually, of going out to work.

What is your favourite feature of your workspace? My books. I like having my books close, even though perhaps they feed more into my academic work than directly into my creative work, they are an inspiration.

You can find out more about more about Nye’s work on his website: www.nyeparry.com

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Photograph looking through a doorway to an armchair and reading lamp, which is on. In front of the doorway is a storage unit with various items including pens and toys on top. The floor is tiled in front of the doorway and carpetted beyond.
Photograph of Nye Parry's studio, with bookshelves full of books to the left, a brown armchair, lamp, keyboard, wooden chair and desk with laptop, monitor and speakers, shelves full of CDs and a window with a view to a garden.
Nye Parry's home studio. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.
Photograph of Nye Parry's studio, with (left to right) keyboard, cymbals, shelves full of CDs, wooden desk with laptop, monitor and speakers, a window with a view to a garden behind, chest of drawers with sound equipment on top and a black guitar case.
Photograph taken inside Nye Parry's studio, with guitar cases, VR and sound equipment against a white wall and looped cords hanging from a coat rack.
Nye Parry's home studio. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.
Photograph of full bookshelves, focused on a black and purple speak at the left of the frame.
Photograph of full bookshelves, focused on a black and purple speak at the left of the frame.
Nye Parry's home studio. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.
Photograph of 3 cymbals leaning against a wall, on the floor, with cables and shelves full of CDs to the right of the frame.
Photograph looking down at a desk with various object on including a book titled 'JOHN CAGE, 4'33"', a Zoom recorder and fluffy muff.
Photograph of a Yamaha MG166C sound mixer on top of a chest of drawers, with a pink plectrum to the side, left of frame.
Photograph looking through two open doors to a a black grand piano, full bookshelves and a lit ceiling lamp visible in the next room. In the foreground a plant in decorative wrapping sits on a small wooden table to the left of the frame and part of a wooden table and chair can be seen at the bottom edge.
Nye Parry's home studio. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

Thank you so much to Nye for letting me photograph his workspace and his beautiful piano! You can find out more about more about Nye’s work on his website: www.nyeparry.com

Home / Work is a documentary photography project featuring people who work from home/live where they work. I am interested in how people design these spaces and how the lines between home and work are defined or blurred. If you are interested in participating in the project please get in touch.

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