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TWO: FRESH OUT OF BED

For the second day, I decided to do a photoshoot as soon as I woke up- with no makeup or hair product, with my blanket and eye bags, and shoot a ‘No Bullshit’ image set. For this, I used the same set-up as yesterday, windowsill with a tripod, a handheld trigger, and a mirror setContinue reading “TWO: FRESH OUT OF BED”

MUSTARD WORKS COLLAB

I headed down to Falmouth, Cornwall to visit with the manager of Mustard Works, Brandon Holloway, to explore how creatives can ensure they have a solid career after their degree. On one of the days I was there, we met up in St Ives to visit the local area and a few of the artContinue reading “MUSTARD WORKS COLLAB”

ONE: SUNSTROKED

For this shoot, I found a space in our flat with access to open sky, which allowed for the sunlight to hit inside the room an hour after noon. So I set up a little home studio in the windowsill with a tripod, a handheld trigger, and a mirror set up to reflect the capturedContinue reading “ONE: SUNSTROKED”

DAVID BRANDON GEETING

WHILE STUCK IN QUARANTINE Today I sat in a talk online with contemporary photographer, David Brandon Geeting, as he wanted to express to us how to stay creatively active during the current lockdown, and how he and his girlfriend have been creating project for themselves. He began by explaining his line of work up untilContinue reading “DAVID BRANDON GEETING”

WHILE IN QUARANTINE…

Since we’re all stuck at home, I decided to conduct my own little project to make sure I still took one set of photos! Within this, I would like to explore a range of different types of subject matter and a variety of genres of photography, and really just see where this project takes me.

KRISTY NOBLE

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Today I sat in a talk with visiting speaker Kristy Noble as she explained some of her approaches to being a professional photographer and how she got to where she is now. She started off as a photographer’s assistant and offered them a day’s unpaid work and built up their relationship from there.Continue reading “KRISTY NOBLE”

FLORA YUKHNOVICH

After reading an article about her in the TOAST magazine, I had hoped to visit the home studio of Yukhnovich as her work is one that really interested me. However, due to travel and lack of availability at the time, I was unable to do so; so you can imagine my sheer excitement when IContinue reading “FLORA YUKHNOVICH”

FAST AND SLOW FASHION

LEEDS ART GALLERY My little sister came to visit me in Leeds, so I thought it was only right for me to take her to see the new exhibition at the Leeds City Museum, Fast and Slow Fashion. She’s currently studying textiles and found this was a really intriguing concept for an exhibition, so weContinue reading “FAST AND SLOW FASHION”

MELANIE KING

LUNAR PORTRAITS Melanie King’s project, Lunar Portraits, is a photography project where portraits of participants were only asked to look directly up at the moon, allowing for its glow to be the source of light captured on their faces. She did this to highlight the connection from us to our ancestors, and we all haveContinue reading “MELANIE KING”

PROTEST COVERAGE

EXTINCTION REBELLION I was the lead photographer during an Extinction Rebellion Protest in Durham, where I spent the day capturing the group of young adults striking for global environmental movement with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and theContinue reading “PROTEST COVERAGE”