Jess Shurte
My portraits are highly reliant on character, narrative and emotion. My background in theatre and film means that I'm frequently inspired by cinematography and theatrical lighting. I grew up in Australia near a place known as "Hollywood on the Gold Coast". Where it's sunny, beautiful and colourful. People ask me why I live in Scotland where it rains just as much as the sun shines and I consider the underbelly and sadness that places hold regardless of their beauty. I approach making photographs in a similar way - to make photographs that are in a way beautiful and vibrant but where it's not about the obvious. There's more to this world that I have created where everything is colourful and perfect.
Greg Abramowicz • Mhairi Bell-Moodie • John Buckley • Graeme Cunningham • Paloma Fernandez • Arthur Montgomery • Michala Oborna • Jess Shurte • Pavel Tamm • Cat Thomson •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
Ulster University Belfast
BA (Hons) Photography
Blackburn College
BA (Hons) Photographic Media
Blackpool and the Fylde
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
BA (Hons) Photography
Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography
University Centre, Hugh Baird College
BA (Hons) Digital Imaging & Photography
UCS Ipswich
BA (Hons) Photography
Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art & Design
Photography & Lens Based Media - BA (Hons) Fine Art
National College of Art and Design
Photography and Digital Imaging Certificate
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
UCA Rochester
BA (Hons) Photography (Contemporary Practice)
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
Southampton Solent University
BA (Hons) Photography
Staffordshire University
BA (Hons) Photojournalism
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography