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Deluge
In this ongoing series called Deluge I explore the mental, physical and emotional responses to being overwhelmed. Approaching this subject as a universal state through near literal interpretations, a single figure is subjected to the suffocating consequences of drowning, being buried alive and set on fire. Through underwater photography and digital manipulation, each act represents a psychological state connected with being overwhelmed. In portraying the metaphysical through extreme circumstances, I can emphasise the depth of an emotion which affects us all. In addition to this, the series Deluge challenges the notion of time. As we are experiencing a feeling of distress, time stands still and 1 minute may not seem like the usual 60seconds. This set of images illustrate time slowing down as we travel through heavy affliction.
The photograph Drowning won third place in the Eaton Portrait Prize 2018 - Cambridge School of Art | Cambridge UK.
The series Deluge took part in the Cambridge School of Art degree Show 2018 / Cambridge, as well as the Free Range Show 2018 at The Old Truman Brewery / Brick Lane, London.
Under Your Roof
Under Your Roof - Nature is now at risk more than ever before. As the population of the planet grows, the forests are being destroyed, the oceans and air polluted. We don’t stop and look at the damage we make. Everyday we consume and waste what is given to us, we exploit the planet. Soon enough the earth’s natural resources, which are vital to the survival of the human population, will reach its limit. To keep and improve our beautiful oceans and forests we need to make some changes. Some of those changes can start in our everyday life behaviour. By only using two fish and digital manipulation, this photograph represents the idea of the damage done to nature due to our actions. Food, water, forests, and wildlife are all renewable resources that need our attention to help them regenerate. Each of us can contribute to this vital action by looking at what we can change in our everyday life to reduce the damage done to the environment.
This photograph was shortlisted for the Sustainability Art Prize 2018 - Cambridge School of Art | Cambridge UK.
In the style of... Martin Parr
Last year, for a presentation, we were given a photographer to study and produce photographs in a similar style to them. The photographer I was given was Martin Parr. To me Martin's Parr photographs are not beautiful but honest and relevant. By photographing spanish tourists in a french ski station, I tried to reproduce how Martin Parr captures the English working class in a rather grotesque, unusual and critical way.
I felt that the environment of a ski resort was ideal to capture images that exhibit the characteristics in his work, garish, candid, real. There was a paradox between the feelings I have about his work and the feelings I have about the subject matter of the photographs I took, namely the frequency of Coca Cola advertising, the Spanish Children and the indulgent nature of skiing. Thus making the photographs even more relevant.
Later on in May I met Martin Parr at the Photo London Show and asked him his thoughts about the photographs. He was complimentary about the work, saying it definitely captured his style. However, he also provided me with some useful, constructive criticism. If I had used more flash it would have emulated his style even more effectively.
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Uninhibited
Based on a poem called ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg, these photographs are part of a series of six images. The poem is written from a personal point of view of a young American homosexual, the poet himself. He describes the negative influences of social pressure, drugs and stereotypes. Primarily that, social pressure does not always allow individuals to be themselves and can push them to feel lonely, anxious and self-conscious. Inspired also, by the artists Erik Johansson, Annie Leibovitz and Man Ray among others, the photograph represents the elegance and fragility of a body. This body is representing what is a lost soul trying to stand up for herself and accept who she is despite stereotypes and criticism.
Being yourself without the influence of anything else.
This photograph took part in the Fresh Ideas exhibition in February 2016 at the Changing Spaces Gallery | Cambridge and was also shortlisted for the Anglia Ruskin University Eaton Portrait Prize 2016.
http://shutterhub.org.uk/blog/eaton-portrait-prize-2016-shortlist-announced-at-anglia-ruskin-university