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GRADUATE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ONLINE 2012

Jason Higgins

Black Lung

When you think of coal mining Ireland does not immediately spring to mind. The iconic images of the English and Welsh miners with coal-creased faces are the ones that dominate the collective consciousness. Just north of Kilkenny town lies Castlecomer, simply know as Comer to its inhabitant's. The mines in Comer have been flooded since 1969 but the miners left there mark on the land and it in turn left its mark on them. It can be heard in their whistling breath. Commonly referred to as 'Black Lung' it is caused by coal dust building up in the lungs. It kills the good lung tissue till eventually the lungs become completely blocked and they can no longer function.

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Jason Higgins - University of UlsterJason Higgins - University of UlsterJason Higgins - University of UlsterJason Higgins - University of UlsterJason Higgins - University of Ulster

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Current Course:

University of Ulster  MFA Photography

Noel Bowler • Emma Campbell • Judith Cornwell • Lena Cronin • Ken Finegan • Rich Gilligan • Jason Higgins • Hans Klemmer • Paul McGuckin • Lorna O'Brien • Ciaran  Og Arnold • Myles Shelly •

Courses:

University of Brighton
MA Photography

London College of Communication
MA Photography

Manchester School of Art - MMU
MA Photography

University of Wales, Newport
MA Documentary Photography

Nottingham Trent University
MA Photography

University of Sunderland
MA Photography

University of Ulster
MFA Photography

University of Westminster
MA Photographic Studies

University of Westminster
MA Photojournalism

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Documentary/Photojournalism

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Commercial/Fashion

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Landscape

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Portraiture

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Staged/Constructed

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Urban/Suburban Landscape

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