Seven Questions with... Laura Cuch

This week we meet Geography PhD candidate Laura Cuch, who is a member of the Urban Photography Association and teaches photography at Goldsmiths, University of London. Here, Laura chats to us about using photography and film to explore the relationship between food and religion. What are you studying, why are you interested in this subject and what do you plan to do in the future?. My background is in photography, media and social sciences and I'm working towards completing a practice-related PhD in Geography. I've always been interested in how eating and sharing food reveals social relations and cultures and, in my research, I've used photography and film to explore the relationship between food and religion across seven different faith communities in Ealing - a borough in the suburbs of West London. My project, Spiritual Flavours, includes a 28-minute film, a recipe photobook and a photographic series - Meals - which showcases spaces of commensality in each of the faith communities' worship spaces. These are available on the project's website , including a five-minute introduction to the film and the recipes that feature in it.