Blurred lines: smartphone distortions of the past – in pictures

Memphis resident Frances Berry describes herself as a picture-maker: she creates images with "whatever happens to be within reach". In her series Lines We Live By, she manipulates old family photos and vintage postcards. Although she remains coy about her methods, the series was created primarily using her phone, which she says "seems appropriate for this day and age, considering we are all glued to them. I love being able to use this contemporary tool to manipulate historical imagery." Berry stretches out the background around the central figure, which stands alone in the middle of the image. She adds: "Our minds distort our memories and the visual distortion here is a representation of that."