German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans has been a photographic inspiration of mine since I first spotted his book on the shelves of my college library. His multi faceted way of working illustrates his wider interest in the art world, and breaking down the boundaries between each field. I visited his ‘2017’ exhibition at the Tate Modern …
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Inspiration – Nick Waplington – Living Room (1991)
“Living room offers lushly coloured glimpses of the communal spirit, fired by the joys, mishaps and adventures of family life” Blurb of book. The project ‘Living Room’ consisted of four years spent with working class families in Nottingham documenting their Saturday movements in their homes. The images are classically snapshot, reminiscent of Richard Billingham’s ‘Rays …
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Competition Entry
As my projects from this year aren’t fully realized yet I decided to submit some older images I had taken to a competition. I chose a series of portraits I had taken of my sister as they are telling of her character and portraits are normally quite popular with competitions. I also think the focus …
Exhibition – Transformer,A Rebirth of Wonder at 180 The Strand
The exhibition itself consists of a wide range of works, filling the large building but I’m going to focus on a few I felt were relevant to my practise and exceptional to experience. I have visited previously and the space itself is perfect for installation and cinema, this exhibition being no exception. Chen Wei ‘In …
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Interview with Mark Power
I recently contacted Documentary Magnum photographer Mark Power for a brief interview. I have followed Mark’s Work for the past few years and feel he is the perfect example of the documentary photographer, with projects taking him all over the world, his most current is a book series named ‘Good morning America’. His work focuses …
Exhibition – Thabiso Sekgala: ‘Here is Elsewhere’ at Southbank Centre
Thabiso Sekgala was a South African photographer whose work concerns post apartheid, an interest in identity politics and moving away from ‘struggle’ photography. His exhibition at the Southbank centre was his first in the UK and documents two former homelands, the tenure established by Aparteid government to house black South African’s forced to leave urban …
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Artist Talk – Alexander Mourant
We recently had photography graduate Alexander Mourant come to give us a talk about his practice and process of photography which I found to be enlightening. He deferred his final year to work for war foundation creating charity images in Africa as he felt he wasn’t ready for his final year. The idea of going …
Artist talk – Sophie Harris Taylor
Documentary photographer and alumni from Kingston Sophie harris-Taylor recently came to give us a talk concerning her personal and editorial works, which I found deeply interesting and relevant to my own practice. Her initial interest in lay in banality, inspired by the works of Nan Goldin and Elinor Carruici because of the honesty and truth …
Chosen Specialism: Documentary
After a lot of consideration and looking over my previous pieces of work I’ve come to the conclusion that documentary photography is the practise I would like to specialise. Throughout my years of studying photography I have had a keen interest in fine art and conceptual work, yet elements of documentary projects were always drawing …
Interview with Nigel Shafran
15th October, Conducted by Bryony Merritt and George Thomas I have been an avid fan of Shafran’s work since discovering his book ‘Dad’s Office’ in the library. His subtle images using natural light and depicting the everyday objects and scenarios that we normally fail to notice inspire me daily and his work and process is …
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