Considering the Cultural Connotations of Pearls

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A jewellery designer-turned-photographer making images about jewellery, it follows that Maisie Broadhead is fascinated by historical objects – particularly portraits in which kings and queens stand dripping with jewels. Where most see only swathes of rich velvet and diamond-clad hands, however, Broadhead is attuned to the nuances of the pieces on proud display, be they glittering ruby chokers or gleaming pale pearls, as is the case in her most recent body of work.

The…