Erik Strakota
I intend to pursue a career in advertising. My work is influenced by many contemporary and historical photographers and artists such as Tim Tadder, Peter Lippman and Irving Penn for their stunning lighting techniques and compositions. The use of still life in advertising is a passion that I have as I seek to translate products into visually stunning images as well as dynamic approaches to sports advertising using light to sculpt the human frame and to create narrative. My latest work borrows from surrealism in the use of colour, playful juxtaposition and off-centre ideas in the creation of satisfying advertising images and pieces of art in their own right. Everyday objects brought to life and illustrated differently for my audience.
Alejandro Basterrechea • Helena Blackwood • Hazel Boyle • Stephen Dunn • Suzi Kerr • Niall MacTaggart • Audrey Peddie • Carmel Pia • Gabriela Pieniazek • Erik Strakota •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
Barking and Dagenham College
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College, Robert Gordon University
BA Professional Photography
Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
University of Gloucestershire
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Gloucestershire
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds Arts University
BA (Hons) Photography
Manchester School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Photography Studies College, Melbourne
Bachelor of Photography
National College of Art and Design
Photography and Digital Imaging Certificate
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
University of Suffolk
BA (Hons) Photography
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography