-Born in Manchester
-Works in Manchester and London-Degree in photography
-Inspired by cinematography, literature, Russian traditional crafts, religious iconography and politics.
-She creates hyper-realistic, dreamlike work focusing on colour and styling.
-Her work includes lighting design, art direction and prop making.
Her advice:
-Stand your ground with what you're good at and don't change your style or ideas because someone had a bad opinion on it.
-Talk to the fashion students about getting contacts to the fashion or photography world because they have the contacts given to them by the university.
-Make a Twitter account
My opinion on her work and what she said:
I liked her fairy tale sort of work because it's the sort of thing that I like to do myself, I see it as 'making anything possible' so I can relate to that aspect of her work the most. I like how she often collaborates with a pattern designer, this would give her work elements of originality as well as build up her client and contact range, I always take up the opportunity to collaborate with other students and people working in different fields to me yet could use it more to my advantage by doing it more often so I will do make this one of my objectives on my PDP. Layla's work is contemporary and traditional at the same time, I find this mix very interesting, this gives her work a very unique element!
Artists that inspire her:
Kirsty Mitchell
-Raised in Kent which is known to many as 'Garden of England'.
-Her earliest memories are when her mother used to read her stories.
-''She instilled me in the most precious gift a mother could, her imagination and a belief in beauty...it became my root, and the place I constantly try to return to in my work, and my dreams.''
-Studied history of art, photography, fine art and costume for performance and fashion design.
-After the loss of her mother she used photography to escape when she could no longer talk about how she felt. she lost herself in street portraiture, focusing on those who reflected her own sadness and loss.
-Later, she turned the camera onto herself throughout the hardest year of her life , it became a fantasy that blocked out the real world and a place she could return to the memories of her mum.
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Anna White
-Originally from Suffolk
-Studies photography and graduated with a masters.
-Her work is very personal, it explores the lives of others and documents it in a comforting way.
Her advice:
-Don't take undergraduate for granted because once we're out in the world it'll be so much harder to find the opportunities that we're always getting here.
-Make a Twitter account.
-Get yourself known at this early stage.
-Stick to what you know but always keep your mind open to learn new things.
My opinion on her work and what she said:
I see Anna White's work as relating very much to William Eggleston with slight elements to Martin Parr in the sense that her work is very domestic and personal. I don't particularly like her domestic style of work because I personally do't understand the meaning behind the images, I do however appreciate her work with people, especially when her work becomes a tool to help them out, for example, she did a project called 'Transformation', her description for the series is as follows: I have worked with Age UK group, ‘Out in the City’ to create a photo book about identity and memory in the elderly LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) community in Manchester. For the project I interviewed seven people and with poet Andrew McMillian and we created a series of images and poems illustrating some of the difficulties that people gone through concealing their true identity, some, for the majority of their lives. There are numerous preconceptions held about being LGBT but attitudes and equality laws are slowly changing. The Equality Act 2007 states that people cannot be discriminated against on the grounds of their sexuality but many are still suffering from outmoded views and prejudices. It is vitally important to remember that freely expressing your sexual identity has only recently been realised, with many who still find the task too monumental to carry out after years of secrecy. I am deeply indebted to Mike, Anna, Alan, Chris, Peter John, Peter, Andy and Ivan who opened their homes and lives to me. They are an extraordinary group of people who have educated and helped me indescribably. Anna said that this project was a comfort to many of the participants as they hadn't previously spoke to anyone about their sexuality due to the laws they grew up with. I love working with people and finding out their backgrounds and stories so I felt a connection with this sort of work that she does.
-Don't take undergraduate for granted because once we're out in the world it'll be so much harder to find the opportunities that we're always getting here.
-Make a Twitter account.
-Get yourself known at this early stage.
-Stick to what you know but always keep your mind open to learn new things.
My opinion on her work and what she said:
I see Anna White's work as relating very much to William Eggleston with slight elements to Martin Parr in the sense that her work is very domestic and personal. I don't particularly like her domestic style of work because I personally do't understand the meaning behind the images, I do however appreciate her work with people, especially when her work becomes a tool to help them out, for example, she did a project called 'Transformation', her description for the series is as follows: I have worked with Age UK group, ‘Out in the City’ to create a photo book about identity and memory in the elderly LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) community in Manchester. For the project I interviewed seven people and with poet Andrew McMillian and we created a series of images and poems illustrating some of the difficulties that people gone through concealing their true identity, some, for the majority of their lives. There are numerous preconceptions held about being LGBT but attitudes and equality laws are slowly changing. The Equality Act 2007 states that people cannot be discriminated against on the grounds of their sexuality but many are still suffering from outmoded views and prejudices. It is vitally important to remember that freely expressing your sexual identity has only recently been realised, with many who still find the task too monumental to carry out after years of secrecy. I am deeply indebted to Mike, Anna, Alan, Chris, Peter John, Peter, Andy and Ivan who opened their homes and lives to me. They are an extraordinary group of people who have educated and helped me indescribably. Anna said that this project was a comfort to many of the participants as they hadn't previously spoke to anyone about their sexuality due to the laws they grew up with. I love working with people and finding out their backgrounds and stories so I felt a connection with this sort of work that she does.
Artists that inspire her:
Simon Roberts
-Born in 1974
-British photographic based in Brighton.
-One commentator has described his photos as ''subtle in their discovery and representation of forms of cultural character, which upon closer inspection, reveal a richness of detail and meaning. they exhibit a disciplined compositional restraint, a richness of palette, and a wealth of narrative incident.''
Jim Goldberg
-British photographic based in Brighton.
-One commentator has described his photos as ''subtle in their discovery and representation of forms of cultural character, which upon closer inspection, reveal a richness of detail and meaning. they exhibit a disciplined compositional restraint, a richness of palette, and a wealth of narrative incident.''
Jim Goldberg
-Born in 1953.
-American photographer and writer
-American photographer and writer
-His work reflects long term, in-depth collaborations with neglected, ignored, or otherwise outside-the-mainstream populations.
-Best known for his photographic books, multi-media exhibits and video installations.
Boris Mikhailov
-Best known for his photographic books, multi-media exhibits and video installations.
Boris Mikhailov
-Born in 1938 in Ukraine.
-Lives and works in Ukraine and Berlin.
-He's a fine art photographer.
-He's described as one of the most important artists to have emerged from the former USSR.
Paul Seawright
Humphrey Spender
-Born in 1910
-British photographer, painter and designer.
John Davies
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-Contemporary documentary photographer.
-He sticks to using black and white format.
-Drawn inspiration from issues relating to his surroundings and conditioning.
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