Tag: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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Developing my Creative Practice: Short courses to hone my skills
As part of my Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award from Arts Council England, I have recently taken two short courses at University of the Arts, London (UAL): Portrait Photography with Peter Cattrell and Photojournalism with Teri Pengilley. My aim in this period of development is work on my storytelling to take on more documentary photography work and I felt that having some time out…
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Photography for Hens – Hen Sweatshirts raising money for the British Hen Welfare Trust
A little while ago, my friend Amy asked if I would be interested in helping with a project she was organising to raise money for the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). Amy was working with woman-owned small businesses to design, make and sell a series of hen sweatshirts to raise money for BHWT, and I was happy to be…
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EXHIBITION: PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AT THE CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM
In the summer I was commissioned to work with the Charles Dickens Museum to create some portraits of participants of a writing workshop they were running in the local community, as part of ‘More! Oliver Twist, Dickens and Stories of the City‘. The participants worked with members of the Education Team to create ‘Tales from the Third Age…
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Photography for Contemporary Applied Arts – Ali Holloway: Commons – the rhythm of a walk
Last autumn I was commissioned by Contemporary Applied Arts gallery (CAA) to photograph textile artist Ali Hollowayat work on her pieces for her exhibition ‘Commons: the rhythm of a walk‘. Commons is inspired by the walks Ali was taking during lockdown, and takes the sounds from these walks and translates them into pattern and texture in textiles. It was…
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Photography for The Goldsmiths’ Company – Jariet Oloyé
If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen me share how excited I was in March when I got to go on a train for the first time in a very long time. I’m very pleased that I can now share what I was travelling for (and why I was extra excited) – a really lovely…