Here are the images I’ve created for the Unseen project so far. It’s still a work in progress so I’d really like to get some feedback from you. Please scroll through the images and then fill in the questionnaire at the end. It only takes 2 minutes and it’s completely anonymous. Loading…
Read more...My project ‘Unseen’ uses conceptual photography to illustrate the experience of people’s struggles with mental wellbeing. I use constructed imagery, digitally stitching photographs together in such a way that they present as a single, untampered image. Through this project I use photography to construct a concept or feeling rather than capturing a real moment in […]
Read more...I’ve been working with Sonny on ideas for images for a while now. Two weeks ago we meet for the first time and did our first shoot. Here is one the images we came up with. For those interested, here is a glimpse of behind the scenes of how I edited this shot.
Read more...I met SuRie a few months back when she responded to a call out I made for participants in my new project ‘Unseen’, that uses conceptual photography to depict struggles with mental health. She told me about her experience and I was blown away. Not being a huge Eurovision song contest viewer, I was completely […]
Read more...I’m really happy to announce details of the first exhibition of my new project Unseen! We’ll be celebrating the opening of the show at Penarth Pier Pavilion gallery on Friday 6th September from 7-10pm. Everyone is welcome! I’ll be doing a talk and Q&A about my new project at 8pm with a BSL interpreter. We’re […]
Read more...I’ve been photographing people since I was about 16 years old, yet somehow I still find the experience slightly nerve racking. There’s something about the job of making your subject feel at ease in front of the camera, whilst simultaneously having to consider technicalities, framing, composition, etc, etc. It always feels a tad overwhelming. When […]
Read more...I got to play with some ideas today in the studio. I’m 2 months into my new project and the time is flying by! I’ve been so busy organising stuff and looking for participants that I haven’t had much time to actually take many photos! Now that it’s sorted I can get down to the […]
Read more...I’ve had quite an unexpected response to my call out video. Lots of people said that they felt like they wouldn’t really ‘qualify’ to take part in my project Unseen, as they didn’t feel their issue was ‘valid’ enough or they weren’t ‘mad’ enough to take part. It seems to me that this response is […]
Read more...The idea was to create a claustrophobic images of the walls coming in. I’m not sure how well I pulled it off, but I definitely achieved a ‘how to’ on making your living room loads smaller in photoshop!
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