The idea of the self, as well as issues of identity and self-perception have always been prominent themes in my practice. No matter what else I may be working on, I return to self-portraits time and again.
I've used long exposure times in combination with the body in motion in order to create these colourful images with a painterly look.
I like the unpredictability aspect of this process, as the camera and time itself help shape the final image along with the subject of the work.
This is a collection of images I created as a photography student between 2009 and 2013.
I spent a year in Blake College, a small private school in Fitzrovia, where I studied darkroom techniques extensively, as well as digital imaging and visual communication. It was here that I developed a strong fascination with analogue photography and acquired the skills nesessary to explore the medium.
After Blake, I spent three years in Kingston University near London, where I developed a more thoughtful approach to my practice and grew my creative skills, as well as my knowledge of modern visual culture and the cultural context in which art is created.
Mamiya Super 645, in-camera double exposure.
Brompton Cemetery, London UK, 2012.
Mamiya Super 645, in-camera double exposure.
Brompton Cemetery, 2012. Darkroom printed and sepia toned.
Photography in a public space workshop. Exploring presence/absence.
Royal Festival Hall, London UK, 2011. Digital.
Photography in a public space workshop. Exploring presence/absence.
Royal Festival Hall, London UK, 2011. Digital.
Photography in a public space workshop. Exploring presence/absence.
Royal Festival Hall, London UK, 2011. Digital.
"Let Me Remain", 2013. Moscow, Russia.
Exploring dreams/inner reality. Mamiya Super 645, long exposure.
"Let Me Remain", 2013. Moscow, Russia.
Exploring dreams/inner reality. Mamiya Super 645, in-camera multiple exposures.
Mamiya Super 645. Darkroom fibre print, altered.
Self-portrait, 2012. London, UK. Interim show 'Medium', the Rag Factory.
Mamiya Super 645. Darkroom fibre print, altered.
Self-portrait, 2012. London, UK. Interim show 'Medium', the Rag Factory.
Untitled, 2011. London, UK. Mamiya Super 645.
Self-portrait for 'Emotions' project, 2009.
Blake College, London UK. Nikon F2 (35 mm).
Brighton Tattoo Convention, 2010.
'Environment' project. Highgate Cemetery, 2009.
Blake College, London UK. Nikon F2 (35 mm).
'Abandoned Spaces' project. Capturing traces of human habitation.
Outside of Moscow, Russia, 2010.
'Abandoned Spaces' project. Capturing traces of human habitation.
Outside of Moscow, Russia, 2010.
'Abandoned Spaces' project. Capturing traces of human habitation.
Outside of Moscow, Russia, 2010.
