Half, Who Drinks Your Tears? Series

Allison Gretchko

Allison Gretchko, a recent Royal College of Art graduate, is a photographer whose work explores themes of care, consumption, and memory. Through the use of analogue photography and natural light, she creates images imbued with a tactile, nostalgic quality. Her work examines the connections between people, places, and the objects we inherit, focusing on the fluid and ephemeral nature of photographic images.

Gretchko’s process embraces imperfection, using film to capture subtle, atmospheric scenes shaped by light and shadow. This approach gives her work a timeless quality, evoking memories and emotions through a romantic interplay of texture and tone.

In her project Who drinks your tears?, Gretchko turns her lens on a generational family home, exploring domestic spaces as repositories of shared memory and materiality. Her photographs reflect the psychological weight of inheritance, presenting scenes of light and life shaped by absence and presence. Her work invites viewers to reflect on the transient yet enduring connections that shape our understanding of time, place, and belonging.