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Laine Yellin
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Maiden explores the memories and connections through the lens of family archives and self-portraits, weaving together past and present. This project is a reflection on the relationships between a mother and daughter(s) - how different artefacts and shared experiences pass through generations. Through a combination of archival and contemporary portraits I discover my German ancestry through my mother’s maternal line hence the name Maiden aka ‘Mädchen’. I aim to bridge the past and present to co-exist within a cohesive narrative.The women in my family - grandmothers, mothers, and sisters - are central to this exploration. Their strength, vulnerability, and resilience echo through generations. Through the exploration of the past, I uncover and come to understand the parallels of my present and acknowledge the threads that bind us across time. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ellie Stephens
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Mother Wingflap is a photographic exploration and embodiment of my mum, Sara. The work is a collaborative experimentation which celebrates the fierce, protective love of a single mother. Exploring the profound roles that she plays and highlighting the importance that she has held to the little eyes that have watched her. Throughout, I extract segments of a childhood tale created and narrated by my mum, which follows a mother hens’ determination and protective nature to prevent her chicks from harm. I admire the woman that I follow and pay homage to a home filled with fictional worlds, characters and play. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jasmine Morrison
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Over centuries and across cultures, the living world has been considered sacred and what lies beyond is continuous. Through hidden strands which connect us to the land and its beings, there is a bond which today can often be overlooked yet remains quietly alive. Im ok darling is an ongoing journey of finding peace through the natural world, using my camera I trace the possibilities of reconnection to those who are no longer seen. Allowing absence to slip into new form, hidden, yet present. It invites recognition of the living world as not simply a landscape, but as a vessel of memory, energy and reconnection. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jonathan Cochrane
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

As many democracies edge toward authoritarian control, global tensions escalate, and trust in media erodes. SEIZE seeks to visualise the public’s collective, impotent fear for their future. Blending depictions of this universal dysphoria with dystopian settings, Jonathan Cochrane renders these towering, intangible anxieties into a visual space for attention and critique. Reasons for paranoia may vary for the individual: be it from the threat of international war, political instability, climate crisis, or the rise of AI. They converge in a shared sense that we are in a pivotal moment and altogether radically disempowered. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alicia Cooper
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am externalizing internal experiences that are often invisible or difficult to articulate, through self, text and fragments of nature. Distortion and disruption within my images are unravelling of what was once held together. I distort not to obscure but to reveal: the fractures, the silence, the truth, the pain. It echoes the jagged beauty of healing, the uneasy grace of survival. This is how I trace the shadows that shaped me. This is how I begin again. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Harriet Lalonde
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

NATURE IS A PART OF US ,ITS AROUND US , ITS HERE BEFORE US IT WILL BE HEREAFTER US. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CULTIVATEDLANDSCAPE AND A MORE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. SHOWING US THAT EVEN MORENATURAL LANDSCAPES HAS BEEN EFFECTED BY MANKIND EITHER IN THE PAST ORPRESENT.USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTING TO SHOW THAT TIME IS ALWAYS PASSING ANDTHAT NATURE IS ADAPTING TO THIS PASSING WITH OR WITHOUT OURINTERFERENCE . WITH THIS WORK I WANT TO SHOW THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHERAND THRIVE AND CREATE AN EQUAL ENVIRONMENT. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Grace Levell
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘My Mum Can’t Swim’ is a personal exploration into my connection with water - a space where I find a sense of calm and childhood play, despite being raised by a mother who cannot swim. This project follows the echoes of my younger self to represent the feelings I hold today, and depicts how we as humans, share this quiet universal bond with water, in which we subconsciously turn to it when overwhelmed. Through this imagery, I have explored the conflict between my inquisitive mind yearning to be submerged, and the protection from my mother, who never taught me to swim, but allowed me to be curious and made it her priority not to pass her fear onto her children. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Noah Harnett
Bath Spa University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Dartmoor is a beautiful and unique landscape and although known very well for its breathtaking landscapes what people don't always see is the human interaction with Dartmoor. Throughout the moor you can see where people have been, from climbing or hiking to the old mining industry to farming. Dartmoor has been my escape from the world and has been special to me growing up on the edge of the moor and with my work I aim to show off Dartmoor life for everyone to see and enjoy. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Adam Reich
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

It’s been three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Over 120,000 displaced Ukrainian refugees are now living in Kraków, Poland. "Leaving Home" is a social documentary project that follows Ukrainian families seeking safety in a new country. This work explores what it means to leave everything behind. It is a deeply personal project. My grandfather was a refugee, deported from Nazi Germany to Poland in 1939 when he was 9 years old - he only narrowly survived the war. My own family history compels me to document this unfolding chapter of history, where past and present intersect. My grandfather’s story and the refugee stories I document today share a common thread- one of enduring uncertainty and building a new life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Charlotte Bull
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Do You Speak Hungarian?’ is a photobook centred around exploring my connection to Hungary, where my mother is from. I have grown up visiting yet have never learnt the language. The photographs aim to visualise how I am able to connect with a different culture despite not speaking the language. The body of work consists of images of family archival imagery and objects as well as portraiture and self portraiture of my mother and myself, considering heritage, belonging and identity. My work illustrates how one can connect to a different place while also demonstrating the frustration of the inability to communicate and fully belong to a culture, but still celebrates my connection to Hungary. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Hannah Doble
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

For the project, Please Take, I collected 148 items that were discarded outside homes or bins in Brighton from February 2025 to the end of April. By reviving each of the items in still life, it makes the objects appear to have more value than they realistically have, making them seem more desirable. Most of these objects are in limbo: between what is considered rubbish and valuable, with many of the items decaying or no longer working, but they have the potential to be useful to somebody else, so we don’t throw them away. By physically moving these items into a studio, it removes the context and changes the way the item is perceived by giving it a false value. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Hatice Mertoğlu
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project is a portrait-based exploration of identity, cultural belonging, and lived experience. Through carefully composed studio photographs, it focuses on Vaish, an Indian woman living in the UK, capturing her presence, strength, and joy. Each image is a collaborative moment, blending traditional Indian aesthetics—such as vibrant colors, jewelry, and textiles—with contemporary portraiture. The work celebrates individuality while also reflecting broader themes of immigration, self-expression, and cultural memory. By using controlled lighting and minimal studio settings, the portraits invite viewers to connect with the subject on an emotional and human level. This body of work aims to honour personal stories that are often underrepresented, while offering a respectful and empowering visual narrative shaped by trust and openness. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kaja Plazar
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work explores the intricacies of identity, culture, and belonging through the use of both personal experiences and broader societal narratives. I use photography to investigate how traditions, environments, and interpersonal relations influence our identities and self- perceptions. I am especially interested in how uniqueness and shared experience intersect, using my work to highlight moments of tension, transformation and self-discovery. By combining visual experimentation with narrative, I aim to create imagery that resonates emotionally and sparks dialogue about the forces that connect and divide us. Ultimately, my work seeks to uncover hidden layers of meaning within the everyday, offering viewers a space to reflect on their own relationships to culture, memory and selfhood. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lois Holland
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Sentiment is a project surrounding ideas about inheritance, family history and the importance, or lack of importance objects hold. The project focuses on my grandparent’s home, specifically, furniture they have inherited, or my father has made for them. As well as investigating the items that live in these vessels. Since my grandfather’s diagnosis with Dementia in late 2023, my work has focused on his life. The interest in objects began whilst packing the abundance of items they own, to move house. This led the project to explore 'sentimental' objects passed through the family, but also everyday random objects that are stored along side these precious items. Questioning the value of objects, I have documented in an archival style. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Marnie Cox-Harrison
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I have been using photography to understand and question the ways in which we experience and record our surrounding space. My current work exists to challenge certain ideas around presence and perception by capturing the tension between what is seen and what remains unseen. I am starting to find hidden intersections between technology and experience, which is becoming a significant part of my work. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Olivia White
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Olivia works with experimental photography, blending art with photography the camera as paint brush. Concepts commonly follow ideas of ancient theories and myths, connection, ‘self’ and the body. Her most recent projects delve into theories of the grotesque body and abjection. Specifically using the abject to describe notions of the body being inside and out at once. The body a cave of openings, yonic symbolism and importantly the womb. Works correlate through use of physical layers and analogue methods, with an omnipresent strive to question the boundaries of photography. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Shola Katija
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Mizu, meaning “roots” in Chichewa, is an auto-ethnographic visual memoir, grounded in the fragmented mnemonic residues of Annie, Shola Katija’s Malawian grandmother. Her stories, experiences, and recollections, while formative, arrived through omissions, silences, and the epistemic debris of regime-based trauma. These narratives reflect the non-linear architecture of oral traditions, where memory operates as spectral recursion: dynamic, partial, shaped by displacement, concealment, love, and loss. Mizu is structured through affective image associations: the intuitive, the extrasensory, and resonant dissonance. "Growing up in England with an English father and a Malawian mother, I understood my family were from Malawi, but felt disconnected with my African heritage. Mizu is a way to reconnect with this part of myself that had always felt distant". . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Stanislas Sauvage
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Digital Mob Football explores football’s transition from a working-class entertainment to a multi-billion dollar industry. The project uses digital image editing processes such as datamoshing, scanography, digital photo collages, and code manipulation to examine how football’s corporate overhaul impacts the game and its viewing experience. As the sport transforms into a profit-driven industry, attending matches becomes financially inaccessible for many. This shift drives fans toward digital piracy, which diminishes the quality of the viewing experience. The title references football’s medieval origins as a violent, ruleless sport played by the working class. As a passionate fan, I aim to highlight the effects of business driven decisions on both the sport itself and its audience. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Storm Powell
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My practice aims to promote creativity by expressing emotions through art, addressing issues with human connection to nature, and signifying the importance of this connection despite urban lifestyles. Ecotherapy connects people to nature, aims to improve mental well-being and create a sense of community. The project explores Biophilia, the inherent human need to connect with nature and its life. The project explores the narratives of two models, highlighting the calming nature of nature and the structural history of the cyanotype. The project also highlights the connection to trees, as they are often considered the planet's lungs. I hope to inspire people to experiment and understand the psychological benefits of creativity, promoting a diverse range of media. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Thomas Christopher Haines
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Thomas Christopher Haines is a photographic artist based in Brighton, originally from Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He works primarily with early digital image-making technologies, focusing on a heavily modified Nintendo Gameboy Camera and trichrome processing techniques. His current project, There Are Many Worlds, But They Share the Same Sky, explores the quiet beauty of the natural world as rendered through the pixelated, lo-fi aesthetic of the Gameboy. Through this process, Haines reflects on digital nostalgia, the mediation of perception, and the emotional charge carried by fleeting, everyday moments. His work invites viewers to consider how obsolete technology can reframe our relationship with nature, memory, and the subtle poetry of the world around us. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Zoë Montgomery
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
— BA Phase —
Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"Hide The Matches," merges my lived experiences of Attention Deficit- Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, with a critique of its associated medical terminology under the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual. The DSM describes people with ADHD in blanketed terms, claiming them to be careless, untrustworthy, and unreliable — terms which may have resonated in my tempermental preadolesence, but have become deeply disattatched as I've grown. Considering my diagnosis was the catalyst to this project’s creation as, simply, I do not identify with the terminology used to label such an interwoven part of my identity. Through various sub-series, I’ve considered neurodivergent impacts on space, genetics and the interruption of parental identity, and how associated language breeds shame for people diagnosed with ADHD. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Zoe Tabbernor-Astrada
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Echoes steps into an intensely vivid dream in which I became a sheep. Rather than interpret the dream literally, I re-enter it through image-making and performance exploring the unconscious symbols it presents, particularly those linked to vulnerability, instinct, and conformity. The project is informed by Jungian psychology, especially the concepts of the Shadow, where dream symbols are seen as expressions of repressed parts of The Self. Themes of transformation, repression, and resistance are reflected theoretically and visually through research into Kafka, Lynch, Clarissa Pinkola Estés and surrealist cinema. My process involves analogue methods such as Super 8, 35mm and Polaroids, which allow for imperfection and erosion, mirroring the hazy logic of dreams and the fragility of the self within them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anna Warin
Brighton University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘The Profit of Pain’ is photographic self-portrait project. Utilising my own experience as a trans-masculine individual, I track a personal journey through both private sector and NHS funded spheres. Using paperwork from my own medical archive to tell my story, I explore both the guilt and the freedom of receiving gender affirming care that others in need are unable to access. In a contemporary society where trans people sit in at the heart of a moral panic, this body of work is becoming increasingly necessary, rightfully advocating for young trans voices to enter the public debate over their rights. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jess Findell
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Despite this being a personal project, the ‘identity crisis’ is known to be a common experience with people entering adulthood and ‘I Hate My Haircut’ is a satirical take on how we perceive ourselves. This project is based around my diaries and am using words I have written about myself to inspire distorted self-portraits which are contrasted by images taken of me by my closest friends. The images subvert beauty standards and show honest depictions of what young people do to fit in or become an individual. Whilst the themes of this project do not present one person’s experience, it has let me understand that it is okay to not know exactly who I want to be just yet. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elanor Plant
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

When people talk about OCD, the focus often leans heavily on compulsive behaviours, while the obsessive side is frequently overlooked. In ''Static Noise Everywhere'', Elanor Plant shifts the focus toward the obsessive nature of OCD, exploring how intrusive thoughts and external comments have embedded themselves into her everyday life. Using personal archives, self-portraits, and text, she offers an honest and raw depiction of her experiences with the condition. Her aim is not only to document her own struggles, but to shed light on an often misunderstood and misrepresented aspect of OCD. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Nathan Evans
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“11 Miles” documents the construction of the A465 Heads of the Valleys from Hirwaun to Dowlais in South Wales.    Intended to better service the Welsh Valleys, the development promises faster connections to hospitals, businesses and attractions. It also means employment for local community, including job opportunities during the construction itself. However, over two decades in the making, the development has been affected by the UK’s departure from the EU and subsequent withdrawal of funding instrumental in building the previous sections     With the construction still unfinished and its cost tripled from original budget (£560 million), the project has been the subject of debate and controversy.  ‘11 Miles’ offers a look at the landscape and the people at the heart of it. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Casey Williams
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project will be looking at self-perception, specifically the differences of how people may look at themselves compared to how others view them. It's common that individuals often have a negative perception of themselves in comparison to how those around them and even those that are simply passing by see them, my awareness of this is how I became interested in the idea of looking at my own self-image and documenting it. By looking at the way people perceive others, I was able to get a greater understanding of how we make judgments about those around us. It is important to build some sort of judgement on meeting people because our brain’s trying to protect us from possible harm. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Leo Coning
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Leo Coning’s project focuses on the contemporary look on the diverse community in Cardiff, this documentary style of work focuses on isolating subjects that have an interesting style and personality, capturing a conversation from a distance. Photographing the street changes every time as you see new compositions and subjects, you can’t hide when doing street photography, you either get the shot or not, so finding the right subject and compositions are key. For this project walking the same route every time knowing where the compositions worked especially when the lighting conditions helped elevate the photograph to the next level, from doing this I found out that the best time to take photographs was in the morning, spending time waiting for that one interesting subject. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tom Forbes
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Common side effects’ explores the reality of breakups that men experience. This project focuses on the mental struggle that some men face but are shut off from expressing due to social norms. This project aims to eliminate these barriers and express the truth behind the issue, using photography as a form of communication for the words that cannot be spoken. Based upon personal experience, ’Common side effects’ invites you to the complexities of masculinity and how the barriers of ‘man up’ and ‘men don’t cry’ only seek to put down men in an already vulnerable position, and how these social norms separate men from seeking help they might need for fear of being ‘un-masculine’. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Maisie Bourdon
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

97% of women aged between 18 and 24 in the UK have experienced sexual harassment or assault. Severe traumatic events can elicit all sorts of psychological coping mechanisms, one of which is dissociation. Dissociation leaves individuals teetering on the edge of sanity in the name of self-preservation. This allows the mind to temporarily "disconnect" from overwhelming emotions and experiences to best increase the chances of getting out alive. In 'Playing Dead' Maisie Bourdon invites the viewer to be immersed into a hyper-saturated paracosm. This project explores the unseen spaces which appear in moments of dissociation, the artists fantasy world allows them to escape reality and navigate traumatic events through vibrant and detailed imagery. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lucy Morgan
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“Day By Day” is project that looks at routines. Something almost everyone can relate to as we often work on a time-based schedule in our heads. Photographer, Lucy Morgan explores this idea using the method of typology to create a project based around the idea of a routine. In her collection, she has chosen one street and observed how people move and exist in this area at certain times of the day almost every day for a month straight and turns these images into a typology format. Lucy then breaks this typology cycle in the middle of visually aesthetically pleasing images by including different images that are unlike the other things found on the street, metaphorically breaking this idea of a routine. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jack Hughes
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘PROCEED AT OWN RISK’ is a project that shadows my 160-mile walk from Cardiff to my first home in Great Bedwyn – where I was raised by my mother and older sister. Arriving on the day that my sister was moving across the world to Zimbabwe, my homecoming was marked by a significant emotional shift, intertwining themes of family and transition. Throughout the journey, I engaged with strangers encountered along the way, these interactions became an integral part of the project, revealing insights into the diverse lives of those met on the road. By blending personal narrative with social investigation, I used photography as a tool to explore the emotional currents of homecoming, heritage, and the complexities of modern life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tawnie Howard
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Tawnie Howard’s project ‘They danced by the light of the moon" explores the instinctive fears we have. The work specifically looks at our fear of the dark. The images made at night explore spaces that provide both comfort and a sense of unease dealing with the conflicted nature of our environment and perception. Allowing the light to ‘dance’ in her images, allows the viewers imaginations to flow and interpret the images how they want. Finding the light within the dark is a metaphor for self-discovery and acceptance, this is revealed by using a variety of light sources in these images and exploring outside in the fresh air while hanging on an edge of fear and connection. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ellie Jones
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘’Do not Write’’ is a collection of work, based off my emotional journey. Representing time and the last 5 years specifically, my work is split into 3 sections, with each representing the past, present or future. The images in this project, shadow the literal or metaphorical link to my emotional experience. This work invites the viewer on my past and current struggles. In this project, I have used Photography as the link to allow me to express what is happening inside my head. ‘’Do not write’’, expresses first hand the way I take control of my life, and the journey i have been through, allowing me to see and accept new opportunities. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Rebekah Morris
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Anatomy of flesh is a documentation of the journey Rebekah Morris has taken to heal the negative relationship with herself and her body. Using the process of photography as a from of exposure therapy, Rebekah is striving to create something beautiful from something negative. The imagery within the project is comprised of self portraits of her naked body taken over a length of time. The portraits are printed on to glass panes in the darkroom with a lengthy process using liquid emulsion. Due to the nature of this process, Rebekah spends a lot of time confronting herself. The glass panes replicate the transparency, vulnerability, and fragility of a project such as this. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Olivia Ware
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘I don’t know what I’m crying for’ is a project which uses photography as a way to decompress from day-to-day life. The photographer Olivia Ware photographs nature as a form of escapism and a method to find the time to stop and contemplate. The images are comprised of landscape photography, capturing moments of calm within a busy environment, using travel to change perspective allowing moments of breath and tranquillity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Siobhan McCreight
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Enough Time Has Passed’ explores ideas of estrangement. Siobhan McCreight examines themes of self-acceptance and absence resulting from cutting all communication with her family. Through digital and archival photographs, the artist processes and expresses this experience in a manner that words cannot. Photographs depicting locations and artefacts associated with her past tell a visual tale of identification, separation, and progress. Roads and landscapes symbolise change and transition, while domestic items hint at a sense of alienation. The project raises sensitive ethical issues, with familial faces blurred or pixelated, protecting their privacy while maintaining their inclusion in the narrative. 'Enough Time Has Passed' uses photography as a means of understanding and moving on, documenting estrangement while also marking a stride towards self-acceptance. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Chloe Payne
Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

''Leave your love at the door'' is Chloe Payne’s project about using her experience of being involved with social services for 18 years and coming to terms with her feelings attached to this time. She uses a documentary style approach to photography and captures images around the home, using archival imagery from the beginning years with her foster family to represent the idea of the societal norm of the ideal family album. Choosing to do this because she wanted to reengage with how structured and emotionally detaching parts of being within the foster care system is and realizing this was how she felt through these adolescent years. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tanya Birch
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am a photographer specialising in fashion photography, with a practice rooted in collaboration, creativity, and visual storytelling. Working closely with fashion design students, through a collaborative journey I aim to translate their ideas into striking photographic imagery that not only showcases their garments but also brings their concepts to life. My work focuses on capturing the details, textures, and movements that define each collection, while building a strong visual narrative. I’ve developed a style that blends editorial fashion photography with conceptual storytelling, allowing for bold and expressive imagery. This collaboration continues to shape my creative approach and inspires me to push boundaries within my own practice, celebrating the art of fashion through the lens. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Daisy Peile
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My enthusiasm for my craft derives from a love of medium format photography; the slow, deliberate use of the camera, the richness of the image and the intimacy it demands. The inspiration for this project was a desire to use the tactile nature of analogue processes to storytell through performative photography. My work explores the intersection of identity, space and presence, focusing on using the body as both subject and a tool to challenge perception and narrative. This project became an opportunity to experiment, resulting in a collection of abstract images that serve as visual expressions of an introspective narrative. At its core, the project navigates themes of self-reflection and personal evaluation — delving into the complexities of ego, identity, and the layered performance of femininity. By using my own body as both subject and symbol, I aim to reveal moments of vulnerability and confront the boundaries between self-awareness and self-presentation. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Abbie Robinson
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Growing up in North Wales, I have always loved its landscape. For my third-year project, I focused on Wales' industrial past, visiting sites of industrial history and culture to document the structures and their surroundings. The industrial heritage of Wales has profoundly shaped its landscape and communities. The remnants of industry that remain in the landscape serve as lasting reminders of our history. My photography style is influenced by the New Topographics movement, capturing the "man-altered landscape." Inspired by ‘The Valleys Project’ in South Wales, I aim to highlight the industries that impacted Welsh communities and their remnants. Using a Hasselblad super wide camera, I captured clear, detailed black and white images, showcasing the lasting impact of Wales' industrial heritage. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Uheshan Uruthiran
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores urban green spaces and town centres across the northwestern UK, reflecting broader themes of regeneration and community use. Growing up in a ‘new town’ and witnessing local regeneration efforts firsthand sparked my interest in how other towns—especially those affected by austerity, underfunding, and post-pandemic decline—navigate similar challenges. The work critically engages with government initiatives like the “levelling up” agenda, examining the gap between political promises and lived realities. It focuses not only on visible neglect or decline, but also on resilience, adaptation, and everyday beauty found in overlooked places. By documenting these environments, the project seeks to offer a nuanced view of spaces that continue to serve, shape, and reflect the communities within them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Aleksandr Kyle
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

These images are centred around places you can visit with a Merseytravel Saveaway ticket. As someone who enjoys spending time with various friends, we tend to buy one of these tickets to do as much as possible. The photograph of St George’s Hall in Liverpool city centre acts as a centre point. Each other image was taken at the furthest places in each direction within the Saveaway zone: Southport (north), Chester (south), Newton-le-Willows (east), and West Kirby (west). Not all locations are in Merseyside or on the Merseyrail Network, so the ticket unites all five. The aim was to capture liminal space in each, showing my mental associations and nostalgia from frequent visits or a shared aesthetic. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Louis Major
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

These photographs capture pure beauty in empty landscapes and showcase my photographic and editing talent with simple photographs. The heavy textures and details in the photos, mainly the images in the forest and the field with sunlight beaming down on certain subjects, will capture the audience’s attention. The time spent and landscapes experienced were very peaceful, euphoric, and calming, with perfect weather mixing with silent surroundings. Some of the photos were taken whilst staying in one spot for over an hour, encouraging the audience to admire the scenery and focus on the little details. I aim to get the audience’s attention with small differences in the photos — how they’re positioned, their focal points, and how they make people feel. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sophie Knapper
University of Chester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I approach photography spontaneously, as an abstract mixed-media photographer who enjoys exploring, destroying, and rejuvenating objects and textures. Vibrant colours and intricate patterns have always resonated with me, serving as a constant source of inspiration. Nature reveals its beauty in quiet ways, like sunlight dancing through trees, bringing a sense of peace and warmth. In contrast, the bright colours of blooming flowers spark joy in our hearts, standing out against the lush greenery. Each unique area tells its own story, inviting us to explore and appreciate the finer details of the natural world. These moments serve as gentle reminders of the simple pleasures that brighten our days and the beauty that surrounds us when we take time to notice. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Aoife Claffey
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In my practice, I explore false narratives surrounding femininity through self-portraiture. My work utilises humour to expose the absurdity of the expectations and stereotypes tied to traditional depictions of femininity in art history and media culture. By subverting these narratives, I invite the viewer to question the artifice of perceived womanliness and the often contradictory expectations placed on women. My work interrogates how gender identity is performative rather than innate. ideals of femininity have become so ingrained in the collective consciousness it’s believed they are inherent traits, not learned behaviours. The use of text disrupts and aims to subvert this cultural messaging. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Patrick Penney
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My focus at present are the ideas of perception, inclusion, omission and layers of history. How omission creates a narrative of history that is incomplete. In broader historical terms but also personal familial terms, I have been examining atomic/ nuclear history with a focus on William Penney. Working with archival materials that exist only in copies as originals no longer exist. Classification and declassification obscuring and revealing information and imagery that changes the perception of the historical narrative. All this adds to the historical context of the world we now occupy, and my intention is to establish a body of work that serves to warn and contribute to these things never being allowed to happen again. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ciara MacSweeny
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My practice centres on the concept of the flâneuse - the female urban wanderer - as both subject and method. Walking becomes research, uncovering the city’s layered textures, forms, and overlooked narratives. I’m drawn to eclectic, often historic architecture that interrupts modern uniformity and prompts questions about how we value our built environment. Rooted in feminist discourse, my work explores identity, space, and visibility, amplifying the presence of the flâneuse. Using photography, printmaking, and laser cutting, I deconstruct architectural forms into layered, tactile works. Bold vibrant colours - act as a visual reclamation, reimagining urban space with vitality and intent. By transferring images onto varied materials, I invite viewers to look again, to pause, and to see the city through a flaneuse lens. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sorcadh De Roiste
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Metamorphosis and camouflaging the self sit at the heart of my practice. This body of work involves me adopting the role of the butterfly girl as a device for shapeshifting. The butterfly motif is recognised as a symbol of hope and reincarnation, as well as being associated with the butterfly effect, where one small change can trigger a domino of others. I made my own butterfly wings for these photos. They have been bent, battered, burnt and torn; symbolic of the journey which I myself have experienced as an individual navigating my own evolution and growth. Using a long shutter speed, I capture myself in motion with the wings, thus exploring a multitude of selves. In performing as the butterfly in the rural setting which I grew up in, I explore how I can shapeshift, even in environments which I am comfortable in. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anna Cavenagh
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This body of work emerged from research into my family’s history and migration. Through these photographs I have attempted to interrogate my own relationship to the Irish landscape. I have explored my idealised vision of the Irish landscape rooted in my childhood in Australia and juxtaposed this with my contemporary understanding of the Irish landscape as a locus of colonialism through deforestation. The 35mm photos were taken of the land accessible from my house. I explored using sublimation printing to create distant dreamlike prints. The final prints were sublimated on japanese mulberry fibre paper. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Hannah Cotter
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My art practice centres around photography and self-portraiture, using slowed shutter speed and long exposure to create blurred features. The scenes of my photographs shift between domestic interiors and abandoned outdoor spaces. The decay shown through sequences align with the interest of fragmentation. My work focuses on how we watch ourselves and watch other people watching us, examining the dynamics of observation. Being the subject and the creator of my photographs but not being completely seen or recognizable exposing the tension between visibility and invisibility, Through this performativity, I aim to expose the vulnerability inherent in the female experience, The constant expectation to perform for the ever-present gaze. Delving into fragmented representations of female identity, questioning how we are seen. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Caoimhe Murphy
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

There is a heightened sense of uncertainty within the public sphere due to the state of the current political climate. We are reminded of the fragility of our own bodies and how our bodies can be categorised and labelled by people in power to enforce control. In my practice I perform a close examination of the body through the use of super macro lenses and microscopic cameras that allow me to explore the surface of the body as I contemplate the meaning of our lives on earth. The skin is highlighted as a casing that encompasses the answers to our existence like a thin veil between our self-constructed realities and the truth. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Andra Postolache
Crawford College of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My practice is informed by the female experience, exploring female subjectivity and embodiment through photography, by fragmenting the image. My primary research is centred around interviewing women, listening to the insights of their lived experience. This investigation analyses how women are seen, treated, and understood in a broader context, allowing an introspective look into womanhood. I have chosen to capture the body movement of the women, while we were talking, when I felt that emotion drove conversations/ confessions. The dynamic of the interview style was changed to fit the comfort of the interviewee: (e.g. siting still on a chair versus lying on the floor; keeping a persistent gaze versus breaking the gaze- both with my own, and the camera’s. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Neil Herries
University of Cumbria - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I started taking photos at rallies when I was about 12 or 13 after pestering my dad to use his camera and found an interest in this sport through subsequent years. Becoming more enthralled by its history. With stories about fire-breathing monsters charging through forests, and famous foreign faces defeating natives. Those times had gone when I found my passion for the sport. With big teams and international drivers no longer competing to the same extent, a downward slope began for British rallying, and specifically for me, Scottish. This work shows the history that we are losing with the sport being restricted by the running costs and governmental restriction, thus making it less appealing for competitors to enter the events. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Leah Penn
University of Cumbria - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My series Journey combines observation-led research, walking and photography. Through this work, I revisit sites of personal importance in Cumbria, the land in which I grew up. I used this project as a personal investigation, to find what I’m truly interested in and to build my photographic identity. Sometimes restricting myself to a set of instructions or parameters and other times photographing aspects of the landscape that caught my eye, I built up an archive of images. Over the course of four months, I immersed myself in nature, taking photographs and reviewing the results in the studio, to find themes, topics and interests which I wasn’t aware of while shooting. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Becky Cormack
University of Cumbria - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“To Those Who Struggle” is a series of photographs that seeks to represent those who struggle with mental illness. 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England (Mind). I intend to give people a way to be recognised without the shame of how they feel, allowing them to communicate and seek guidance through photography. These images are all connected by metaphors we say in informal conversations to each other, such as feeling “burnt out”. My project aims for this series to be used by mental health helplines and create awareness campaigns to be an advert for the charities. It is to help those in need of guidance and support. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Joseph Robinson
University of Cumbria - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

One Fall started with the intention to analyse and interpret the relationship between audiences and performers through the medium of wrestling. Wrestling itself is a spectacle sport that has an extremely fluid and flimsy wall that separates the audience and performer. This barrier was what started my fascination about wrestling and its interactions, and the passion led my photographic practice, an experiment to test the boundaries of immersion through my photography. This was done via 2 methods: Photographing close and far away – all on a 50mm lens to simulate the audiences eyelevel, shifting from enforcing the fall wall and breaking it. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eve Parkin
University of Cumbria - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Hi, my name is Eve and I am an experimental photographer Based In Cumbria. I use a wide range of photographic techniques to create work reflecting on the struggles of being neurodiverse. I enjoy using a combination of experimental darkroom printing techniques, in both colour and black and white. I also use a range of creative sources such as light, digital photography, and acetates in my practice. My work aims to build on the creative theories created by Dada artists such as Schwitters and Hans Jean Arp, allowing me to build on both modern and contemporary elements within photography. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Adelé De Bruyn
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“She planted silence and grew a symphony” is a visual meditation on resilience, survival, and the quiet power of women whose strength is often overlooked. Inspired by my mother’s journey through emotional, financial, psychological, and physical abuse, this work speaks to those whose voices were silenced by trauma and whose needs were misunderstood. Through nature, I explore escape and endurance - flowers mark time, growth, and fleeting peace. Portraiture and symbolic landscapes form a dialogue between pain and hope, absence and presence. Her faith, quiet but unwavering, became a lifeline in the darkest moments. This is not just her story - it is for all who have endured, who continue to rise, and who, even in hell, make hope flower. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Philip Troy
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In other light, is a series of infrared photographs taken in public parks. Captured with an adapted infrared camera, these images reveal familiar landscapes transformed by invisible light, turning foliage pale and skies dark, creating a dreamlike, otherworldly atmosphere. As a quiet observer and urban wanderer, I document people at leisure, sitting, strolling, and pausing within these serene environments. The infrared medium heightens the sense of stillness and detachment, offering a space where ordinary moments feel both intimate and strangely distant. This project reflects on the relationship between people, nature, and the unseen inviting viewers to consider how place, light, and observation shape our experience of the everyday, to look at it from a new perspective, in other light. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Brendan Cleary
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I’ve always felt like an outsider, as if an invisible curtain separated me from the world around me. Growing up, that distance often left me feeling alienated, until I discovered street photography at sixteen. For the first time, I found a visual language that mirrored the way I saw the world: fleeting gestures, quiet absurdities, and moments most people missed. This work is a celebration of life in its rawest, most spontaneous form. Set against the vibrant backdrop and often chaotic Dublin night life, while pausing to observe the intimate, often unnoticed scenes within it. It peers through that curtain to capture the strangeness, emotion, and complexity of being human, of how strange it is to be anything at all. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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James Gillett
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work explores the emotional and psychological landscape of depression, using the forest as a visual metaphor for the internal struggles I experienced. The sharp branches, hidden paths, and heavy shadows reflect the pain, isolation, numbness and dark thoughts that shaped that period of my life. I was drawn to these evergreens that endure harsh, cold environments, their needles are thick and sharp, their presence quiet but commanding. While the forest represents fear and uncertainty, it also became a place of escape and reflection. In its stillness, I began to confront the parts of myself I had buried. Through this series, I hope to give form to what often goes unseen and encourage deeper understanding of mental health and silent suffering. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Nadia Caimi
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project is a photographic exploration of the Muslim community in Dublin, shaped by personal encounters and quiet moments of faith. What began as a journey of curiosity deepened through the guidance of an Italian woman, Caterina, who embraced Islam and welcomed me into her world. Through her, I met other sisters, whose stories reflect the diversity of Islam in Ireland. These images seek to challenge singular ideas of what it means to be Muslim, showing instead a faith that transcends borders and backgrounds. From prayer rooms, mosques and streets, the work documents a lived Islam that is at once intimate and universal. It is about presence and the spaces, both physical and emotional, we create together. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Olivia May
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am drawn to dark places. Come with me deep into the undergrowth, under the soil, inside the remnants of ancient wood. There a living network silently respires in the dark. Every so often it blossoms - ghostly shapes that hint at the vast and unseen fungal kingdom. A special light illuminates the way. Touched by rays of UV light, these strange fruit absorb its power deep within their molecules and emit it back to us through the camera lens. What appears is more than surface and shape - we glimpse their true essence. Harbingers from a shadowy and fecund realm that is all around and within us, these spectral emissions reveal nature’s eternal cycle of decay and rebirth. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lucy O'Loughlin
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through the Veil bridges the ancient wisdom of the Celts with the living practices of modern Druidry, exploring how deep-rooted beliefs in nature and spirit continue to shape lives today. Ireland holds a deep historical connection to its landscape and a sense of place, shaped by ancient beliefs that everything is connected, and nothing is without soul. Trees, water, animals, sky, all are woven into the same spiritual tapestry. Through this lens, I capture more than just landscapes or animals, I seek to portray the spirit within them. Through the Veil is a quiet act of remembering, a visual meditation and a call to return to a way of seeing where nature is not a backdrop, but a sacred presence. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Inés Goméz Fuentes
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

To live in this world is born from a deep fear of disappearing, from the terror of change, time passing, the loss of loved ones, the fading of reality itself. From this uncertainty, I question my existence, identity, and connection to the world. Nature becomes a mirror through which I seek to reconnect with myself and the present, embracing life’s impermanence. This work is an attempt to accept reality as it is, to find peace in simply being. Inspired by Mary Oliver’s In Blackwater Woods, it reflects on mortality as essential to truly living. This work doesn’t find clear answers, but instead opens space for further questioning Isn’t it almost impossible not to cling to memories, people, and fleeting moments? . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Inés Pesado
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“All Flowers Lost in Time” is a photographic exploration of time and memory. Trace, anticipated nostalgia, and the fleeting nature of the present moment are central themes in this series. Through photographs that echo more than they document, the artist builds scenes that feel like remembering forward. These constructed memories aim to confront the inevitability of change, capturing the essence of passing moments often overlooked. Each image becomes both a preservation and a reimagining, blurring the line between what was, what is, and what we long for. This work is a meditation on vanishing, on the shimmer of ordinary days, and the beauty that lives in passing and cannot be held. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anthony Wilson Setiawan
Griffith College Dublin - BA Photographic Media
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Each night, after everything is cleared, Setiawan visually documents the quiet repetition of his life working late shifts. AUTOPILOT is made in the in-between time of after service and before rest. The time when the flickering lights perform for no one, and the stillness of the streets becomes a stage. These nightly commutes transform into a personal space for solitude and reflection. Through this, Setiawan explores what it means to live in a place that never quite feels like home. AUTOPILOT records these repeated journeys in those quiet hours, capturing the uncertainty of the present and the unresolved questions of what comes next. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ronan Callahan
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Four Blows of the Leather is a narrative-driven project exploring how schooling has shaped Irish male identity, particularly through discipline and moral dogma. Through semi-structured interviews and intimate oral histories, it reveals stories of vulnerability, repression, camaraderie, and resilience. These voices are paired with contemporary portraits taken in disused schools and abandoned classrooms, symbolizing emotional echoes of the past. The title refers to a common disciplinary ritual, serving as a metaphor for internalized control and emotional suppression. Rather than focusing solely on trauma, the work invites reflection and healing. Using sound, image, and story, it examines how educational institutions have influenced emotional expression and masculinity, and how their impact endures well beyond childhood. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kieran Whelan
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The north Dublin suburb of Bayside is over 50 years old and has developed immensely in terms of community spirit and day-to-day social engagement. Bayside embraces about 2,000 households, a church, retail shops, a DART station, restaurants, a medical centre, and a pub. The developer promised lots of room for growing modern families. The house design was 'open plan,' and offering space for children to play safely in the 'pleasant parkland.' A Place Less Ordinary is a record of the area today, together with the people living and working in this vibrant community. My work documents the architectural form and urban landscape, together with my neighbours and friends in Bayside who actively come together to make Bayside a unique place. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Gerry Savage
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Liffey Banks follows the course of the River Liffey from its origins in the Wicklow Hills through Kildare to its end in Dublin Bay. The images capture a range of scenes, from abandoned riverside spaces to the people who live near or use the river for recreation. The project explores the river’s connection to the regions it flows through and the communities it affects, highlighting both natural beauty and cultural diversity. Liffey Banks reflects on the deep relationship between nature and culture, illustrating not just the river’s physical path but also its role in shaping the identity of the surrounding landscape and its people. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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David Doyle
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“Stillness Within” is an analogue project seeking to explore the connection between the human self and the natural world. Using self-portraiture within the landscape, this project aims to capture the symbiotic relationship between identity and environment, blurring the lines between subject and setting. By integrating the human form into natural surroundings, the images evoke themes of belonging, transformation, and harmony with the earth. The project seeks to evoke a sense of introspection, inviting viewers to pause and consider their relationship with the landscape that surround them. Each photograph is an invitation to pause, breathe, and enter a meditative space, where nature’s subtle details become a mirror for self-reflection. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Pawel Konkol
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Metanoia is a narrative-driven artist film and photography series exploring psychological rupture and transformation. Drawing from the Greek (μετάνοια) for spiritual conversion, the work traces a fragmented self’s descent into a liminal space between breakdown and renewal. Influenced by constructed imagery and cinematic tableau, Metanoia blurs the line between transcendence and delusion, faith and psychosis. Religious iconography and psychological archetypes shape a deliberately ambiguous visual language—one that interrogates belief, suffering, and the performance of the self. Hyperreal yet symbolic, the project inhabits suspended moments of theatrical intensity. Metanoia ultimately proposes a radical idea of grace—not as purity or triumph, but as the power to face inner fracture and begin the slow, complex work of becoming whole. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elia de Leon
TU Dublin - BA (Hons) Photography
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Thin Bloodline is an installation-based work reflecting on cultural identity and borders. Using textiles and embroidery, typically a repository of memory, landscapes of my family portraits are shattered by imposed boundaries as the needle cleaves through them. The yellow thread making up the border walls is representative of the embroidery on badges and vests of U.S. border patrol officers. The work is accompanied by an artist book that uses thread to obscure the identities of its inhabitants, both protecting them and illustrating unfamiliarity. The book is a critique on the performance of familial ties through cultural celebrations, especially in Mexican and Chicano contexts where family is expected to play a central role in one’s daily life, even if only superficial. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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21Charlie Art
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This still life series explores the human consciousness through the metaphor of vintage televisions—objects once central to our perception of reality, now relics of another era. Each TV represents an individual mind, full of static, memory, and potential signal. Draped over them are protective dust sheets, symbolising the fragile barriers we construct to preserve internal stability. These sheets offer a temporary calm, shielding the chaos within from external disruption. Yet, when the coverings are removed, instability returns, revealing an exposed psyche’s vulnerability, confusion, and unpredictable nature. The work reflects on the tension between concealment and exposure, order and disarray, and the quiet struggle to maintain equilibrium in a world constantly pressing against our inner selves. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Euan Crawford
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My images explore how art and advertising imagery can be linked to create amazing images with unique colours and bold subject matter. Most images primarily use physical props, which were selected because of their unique curves, shapes, or ability to be used in various unique angles. I also created some models physically and then polished and cleaned them in post. This worked very well, as I could fix issues I had with the original model. I heavily manipulated some images in post to ensure the set was clean and minimalistic, or worked with the image which inspired it. These images were and still are an expression of my ability in myself. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ruth McQuiggan
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am an architecture and interiors photographer who photographs buildings without a human presence. Inspired by the work of Candida Höfer, I document relatively unknown historic interiors in Edinburgh and capture the spaces without any people present. I paired wide-angle views with smaller, intimate ones to provide more context and draw viewers into the spaces. The images in this series are from Edinburgh University’s New College Library, founded in 1843 as the library of the Free Church College, St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, dating back to 1814, the City Chambers, built in 1753 as the Royal Exchange, and Surgeons' Hall Museum, which opened to the public as a museum in 1832. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ritchie Elder
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Faith is a documentary project exploring the diversity of religious experience across Edinburgh. It highlights the unique ways religion is expressed across different communities, examining the intersection of faith and personal identity. This project aims to foster a deeper understanding of how spirituality shapes daily life, community, and cultural identity. It features constructed environmental portraits of religious leaders and followers, accompanied by contextual imagery, and offers a holistic view of faith in Scotland. Rather than focusing on a single tradition, it engages with individuals from various faith groups, including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Through collaboration with these groups, this work documents how faith continues to adapt within an increasingly secular Scottish society. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anna Wyczalek
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In light of rising suicide rates among men, I have decided to explore the complexities of masculinity and male vulnerability. Although many campaigns and projects raise awareness about male mental health and suicide prevention, I find there is still little emphasis on, or representation of, men’s struggles and emotions in the visual arts. Men often face immense pressure to conform to rigid gender roles and display “manly” behaviours, which can spiral out of control and cause significant harm. As society evolves, I hope we will reach a point where acknowledging weakness and seeking help is no longer stigmatised but instead normalised. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Emily Kilpatrick
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores the lives of children, teenagers, and young adults across Scotland through their engagement in sport. In contrast to the negative stereotypes often imposed by older generations of youth as lazy, disinterested, or antisocial, these images reveal dedication, resilience, and community. By documenting a range of sports and environments, from grassroots to competitive levels, I aim to highlight the positive impact of physical activity on identity, ambition, and mental wellbeing. Each photograph is a quiet defiance, challenging narrow perceptions and offering a more truthful view of youth. This work invites viewers to look beyond generational bias and see young people for who they are: motivated, disciplined, and deeply connected to their communities. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Mariam Sorour
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work explores the relationship between perception and space through projection and small-scale installations. The installations I construct are deliberately small, but when photographed, they appear large and imposing. This is intended to challenge the viewer’s sense of scale and alter their perception, to encourage them to perceive the scene in a new and unexpected way. Each structure, constructed from foam board and paper, is a canvas for my image projections, translating my conceptual ideas into a visual narrative. I’m drawn to the way constructed spaces can shape meaning, and how, combined with light projection, they can transform simple materials into immersive environments. These elements have become central to my practice, blurring the boundaries between photography, sculpture and installation. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elena Mendoza
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"The Snow Was Burning" (2025) is a photographic project that explores a diverse flamenco community in Edinburgh. In 2024, I encountered this vibrant scene and was drawn to the opportunity to connect with a part of the culture of my country of origin while living abroad. I was fascinated by how people from different backgrounds and generations came together around an art form rooted in southern Spain and shaped by the resilience of the Romani people. This visual project became a way to understand their devotion from within and to reflect on how flamenco fosters identity, belonging, and community beyond mere spectacle. Flamenco is a courageous celebration of life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Charlotte Ross
Edinburgh College - BA (Hons) Professional Photography
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Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Chronicles of fashion’ is a fashion editorial series based on Celtic and Folklore tales. This project reimagines classic childhood tales as a series of fashion editorials, enabling me to express my enjoyment for fashion photography and storytelling. I have selected six themes: Ceridwen (Celtic Witch), Morrigan (goddess of death, war, and transformation), Cesag (mermaid), Queen of Elphame (Queen of fairyland), Banshee, and Aine (goddess of summer and wealth). Exploring these tales through styling, hair, makeup, and utilising both studio and on-location environments, which lends a modern look and appeal to them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Connor Shankland
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

'Relativity' explores the individual elements of Spacetime and General Relativity, which are represented through portraiture and sculpture. Displayed as a multi-sensory installation experience, the work includes photography and video, accompanied by a soundtrack by artist Melodysheep. The project celebrates the beauty and wonders of the physical Universe with the intent to ignite curiosity and inspiration among viewers. Among the digitally displayed works is a hand-made sculpture called a Hypercube, which is a three-dimensional representation of a four-dimensional object. Gravity, Time, Space and Dimensions are fundamental elements of Spacetime showcased in the installation, with the inclusion of Light. This project commemorates the culmination of my time studying at Napier and the amazing experiences I have gained during this time. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Aimee Duguid
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Ladylike’ follows the journey of a young woman growing up and adapting to fit the stereotypes and gender norms that are expected of her. An ideal drilled into her from early in life, ingrained in her, shaping her sense of self. Exploring themes of equality, sexism and femininity through the form of self-portraiture, the project challenges the idea of “the perfect woman” who ticks the boxes that make her “attractive” and “desirable” to the world. We see her inner growth as she traverses the stages of her life, her safety and freedom become unattainable, and being conditioned into servitude becomes reality. Passivity towards her autonomy can only go so far until she makes a break for freedom and power. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amy Robson
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Maintenance (2025) explores Robson’s understanding of her obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attempts to make sense of how the disorder functions. She specifically concentrates on the repetitive nature of compulsions and the harmful impact of engaging with them. The project contains three pieces. The first is a sixteen-piece polyptych of a digital image that has been repeatedly printed, hand-coloured, scanned, and reprinted to be hand-colour again. The second is a triptych of black and white photographs, printed on rice paper and sewn together horizontally with red thread. The final piece is a series of small books, all the same, printed on rice paper and sewn with red thread. The book has twelve pages showing Robson tying her hand to the lawnmower. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kieran Dunning
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In 2013, the Department of Justice embarked on a plan to improve community relations and build a united and shared society in Northern Ireland. One of the key headlines was their commitment to have reduced and removed all interface barriers by 2023. Now, 12 years after this initial plan was proposed, although some have been reduced in their ferocity, many of these structures remain anchored to the land, with some still growing. Cat Wire Fence and Corrugated Iron focuses on Belfast, where over 20 miles of peace lines still remain. Examining how these structures remain permanent fixtures in the lives of those living beside them, the Department of Justice's approach to removing them, and the defensive planning of interface areas. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Emma Stark
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“Every month, more than two billion people around the world menstruate”, yet it is still seen as something we should keep a secret. The Menstrual Body aims to fight against this narrative and believes it should be something to be embraced. Through exploring the cyclical nature, we see different cycles flow. The Menstrual Body wants to help start those conversations that have been made difficult for so long. The series consists of two large banner prints and a collage in the middle that portrays a year of periods – using different collages, no two being the same, we see a visual representation of menstruation. https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2024/05/period-poverty-why-millions-of-girls-and-women-cannot-afford-their-periods . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Etienne Pell
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Sunshine, Sunshine is a photobook that traces a journey down Britain’s East Coast. I was drawn to this line that signified the space between home and away, the places I moved through but didn’t know. My memories of this coast became intertwined with the encounters I had as I moved South, through Winter into Spring. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Heather Anderson
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Epilogue is an immersive visual and auditory installation focused on the stories we weave around death, taking inspiration from tales, film adaptations, and family stories through cinematic moving images and stills with music composed by Artemis Aria. It alludes to ‘memento mori,’ a Latin phrase which translates to “remember you must die,” a reminder of the inevitability of death and the fleeting nature of life, exploring the duality of death. While death is a universal experience, one’s own story is uniquely personal to both the departed and the grieving. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kajsa Wingerup
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Blue Note is a love letter to jazz. Represented through the perspectives of four young female jazz artists in Scotland, this project is about the magic behind the scenes. Working in close collaboration with Ayla Ersoy, Kimberley Tessa, Becca Sloan, and Eleanor Colee, it captures the energy and freedom found in the lives of these women and the jazz scene as a whole. Through snapshots, the context of the jazz industry has been developed through details of gigs and venues. Through working closely with each subject, the portraiture introduces the viewer to each subject as a woman. By using energy, chaos, colour, layers and movement, Blue Note is a translation of the structures of jazz into a visual form. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Rachel Bolton
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through an immersive installation and contextual film, Women, Growth, Body, looks at an alternative relationship between women and their bodies. The relationship represented doesn’t solely rely on aesthetic components or their value, but instead, on how the body itself works. Although a very personal project, it discusses how factors such as chronic illness can have an influence on how the female form is analysed both internally and externally, and in turn shows how the conversation surrounding a woman’s ‘physical form’ is not as binary or straightforward as previously thought. The installation, which accompanies the short film, is used to describe this ever-growing conversation, both by the subject towards her own body, and those around her. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Taylor Cowe
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

More than 16,000 households in Scotland live in temporary accommodation. A further 1.5 million people in Scotland live in housing that is overcrowded, dangerous, unstable or unaffordable. In May of 2024, the Scottish government declared a national housing emergency, citing issues of increased pressure on homelessness services, rising property prices and high levels of temporary accommodation. One of the many factors in this crisis is Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). This is a lightweight, structurally compromised material used extensively in social housing from the 1960s through the 1990s. The use of this material and subsequent failures to address the issue have affected thousands of households in Scotland, costing many their homes. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Vanessa Wallace
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Me and You Against the World’ is a series of images exploring the discarded traces left by humans in their absence; in the way we pour our love and effort into building things, but allow them to be abandoned to the point of desolation. Featuring Mother Nature as she navigates these locations originally stripped of her presence, we see her reclamation of these sites as she gives them a new life in her continuous rebuilding. This project is shown as a journey through a post-apocalyptic dystopian world in its abandonment as Mother gets ready for rebirth. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Zara Todd
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Beyond Ordinary is a fashion photography series that transforms the everyday into the extraordinary through the lens of fantasy. Each image portrays an elemental fairy—Earth, Fire, Air, Water, and Light—symbolising the powerful forces of nature and the hidden magic within us all. Through unique aesthetics that reflect their energy, these portraits invite viewers into a dreamlike space where imagination and reality intertwine. The series explores the symbolic language of the elements and celebrates fantasy as a form of self-expression. Beyond Ordinary encourages a renewed sense of wonder and a deeper connection to the natural world and our inner creativity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Levente Hegedus
Edinburgh Napier University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Haza is a social documentary project exploring societal dissension in Hungary, focusing on cultural, economic, and social divide. Offering insight into Hungarian life for international audiences, it illuminates the tensions that shape this geopolitically and historically unique nation. Situated at the crossroads of diverse cultural influences, legacies of events such as the Soviet occupation and the aftermath of two lost World Wars continue to shape Hungarian society today. The project is presented as three books, each corresponding to what the colours in the Hungarian flag symbolise: Power, Loyalty, and Hope. The narrative is directed by the voice of locals, rendering societal divisions tangible. Haza seeks to engage Hungarians, building on a new perspective the creator gained by leaving his homeland. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Thomas Main
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work is a selection of prints from a larger project that reflects the complexities of vulnerability with the aging male body. Not only faced with a body that is less efficient and in decline they also must navigate a society that measures them against their peers and antecedents in this current social climate, for any ethical flaws. The photographs are all shot on both large and medium format film and printed on fibre-base warm tone paper. The original project consisted of two 1.0m x 1.3m darkroom prints along with twenty 395mm square prints. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Claire Duquesne
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Raised in the Pacific Northwest of America, and having lived in cities across the world, Claire Duquesne emigrated to Scotland a decade ago. Her work is rooted in reflections of time and space, seeking to capture the essence of place and its relationship to identity. In Scotland, it is estimated that the furthest point from the sea is a mere 40 miles. It is tempting to think of island life as being tropical or remote, but so often we forget that Britain and Ireland are islands, culturally and emotionally. Spanning over 10 years, This Is An Island is a culmination of photographic work that reflects on what it means to live on an island shaped by weather, land and sea. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ellis Bairstow
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Ellis Bairstow is a Documentary photographer that focuses on socio-political issues. This series 'Vertical Glasgow' looks at the past, present and future of Tower blocks within the City. With Glasgow once being the tallest city in Europe and at the forefront of modernist development, the project places a focus on what has happened since the big ambitions of the 50's and 60's? The main part of the project being large scale composite drone images that are displayed in lightboxes and alongside this there is a map series that shows the location of every demolished residential tower within the city. For any enquiries contact Ellisbairstow@outlook.com or visit Ellisbairstow.com . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Stina Alden
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Stina Aldén is a Swedish artist based in Glasgow working primarily with analogue Photography. Through the act of performance, Stina raises themes of otherness, climate, gender, body-image, heritage and traditions in order to highlight their upbringing within a hyper-masculine, and labour intensive environment. Their practice focuses mostly on the photographic analogue process, but is no stranger to sculpture and text. Metal is a reoccurring material in their sculptural framing, echoing the impact of such masculine backgrounds still making their mark. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Clare Flynn
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The Fabric of Everything is a meditation on impermanence, memory, and the unseen threads that bind us to the world and one another. Guided by experiences of grief and guilt I found myself grasping for continuity and peace within a space. I explored the expanse of seascape, the transient presence of birds in flight, and the quiet poetry of reflections in the spaces where one realm touches another. Reflections, especially, are central, not for what they show, but for what they distort, conceal, or suggest. In playing with perspective, I introduce the idea that reality is not fixed but shaped by the position of the observer, inviting the viewer to consider what reality is and how we participate in it. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Oli Turner
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Oli Turner’s practice explores landscape, place, and our relationship with the natural world. Created through journeys into remote and rural environments, her work investigates themes of ecology and the interplay between inner and outer worlds. Using a contemplative visual language, her pieces offer a meditative inquiry into our evolving connection with the land. Recent works focus on the ritual landscapes of the British Isles, especially Neolithic sites, where layers of human history remain embedded in the earth. These ancient places become portals between past and present, revealing how memory and meaning reside in the land. At the core of her practice is a search for solace in nature—a quiet resistance to the disconnection and noise of contemporary life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Euan Leven
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Field Work. This series explores the relationship between man and nature, the influence we have on it and it on us. The work was shot in the swamps of the western isles of Scotland and in controlled studios, where nature becomes a construct, it’s character dictated by our choice of lighting or background. The chaos of nature warped by our human notions. Our singular perception of natural phenomena and cycles of life and death are important to my practice and I find particular interest in the trickery of photography and the medium of the photo series, wherein a combination of disparate locations and images can form a cohesive story. The work views nature through the lens of a hazy half remembered memory an echo of nature. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eva-Maria Horn
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘The Senses Must Be Used’ is a photographical exploration of how a landscape is stimulating the physical senses. Drawing from Nan Shepherd’s ‘The Living Mountain’ chapter about senses, I connected with the Munro ‘Schiehallion’, letting my own experience and senses guide me to creating this work. Throughout my practice, tactility has always played a big part and it was important to me to find different ways of displaying that experience through photography. As another part of my exhibition, I build two feel boxes, containing pieces I found on my way up the hill, they are encouraging to not just see the photos but feel them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jock Thomson
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In the series 'Carnal Delights', Jock Thomson aims to break down the stigma surrounding queer sex and kink, celebrating those who embrace their sexuality without shame. Viewers are challenged to confront their preconceptions about queerness and recognise the beauty inherent to queer intimacy and desire. In his images, the body is fragmented and acted upon in unexpected ways, offering a glimpse into a world where the element of surprise is paramount to the experience of sensual pleasure. Taking inspiration from fashion, fetish and fine art photography alike, Thomson seeks to break down the separation between these disciplines, as he does that of queerness from public life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jules Dunn
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am a Scottish artist working with analogue materials and a combination of still and moving image. This work began as a ﬁlm that sought to capture transgender bodies in the wild and powerful landscapes of Brittany that have held importance for me, and later morphed into a material exploration of the negative ﬁlm and its qualities when printed as individual frames. I see the stills as visual representations of the feelings involved in these landscapes and the people within them, and consider the deconstruction of wooden objects an extension of this. I seek to make work that asks its viewer for intimacy and vulnerability, and demands that its materiality be enjoyed. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Violette Charvet
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Memory Made is a photographic, 3D and immersive work based on the relationship between memory and objects though the scope of my childhood. When a simple object can take us years back to a time, a moment or a person, can we trust the accuracy of our souvenirs or do they reflect who we were then and are now? To explore this, my work shows 9 images of childhood objects I kept, photographed through the lens of the feeling I had as a child towards each of them. They are complemented by my own recreation of objects which have since disappeared. These pieces are all gathered in what I conceived as my very personal past and present memory room. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Seweryna Dudzinska
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Seweryna Dudzinska is an interdisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Her work is primarily lens based, while favouring an alternative paradigm to standard photographic conventions. Her photographs invite us to question the meditative nature of personal identity through repetition to the point of distortion and alteration. The reproduction of self becomes an endemic part of the process. It is this reflexive use of the self that foments the psychological underpinnings of her current body of work. It operates by troubling the binaries surrounding notions between the artist as totemic figure and viewer as static and impassive spectator. Her work produces an intimate engagement between the artist’s projection of a constructed self image with the wider viewing public. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Leon Caddick
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Communication Design
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In-Use is a collaborative project developed by graphic designer Meg Waterston that explores lives shaped by out-of-hours pursuits across Scotland. Divided into four sections – cycling, handball, mountain rescue and pigeon flying – the work pairs people and objects to examine the material cultures of hobby and heritage. Drawing inspiration from archival photography, we combined formal object portraiture with environmental observation and candid documentary to reflect each item's care, use and personal histories. This series forms part of a larger publication by Meg and me, where image, text and interview intersect. The work is rooted in local stories and tactile encounters – scarves, leather balls, rescue tools – and we hope to continue developing In-Use as an evolving publication beyond this first issue. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Carla Smith
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Communication Design
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Dùthchas is a photographic book that explores the relationship between people and the land in Scotland’s mountain regions, with a focus on how winter tourism and rural industry shape these environments. Centred around the Grampian range, the work traces the visible impact of ski infrastructure, but also looks more quietly at the industries and daily routines that sustain life here—distilleries, transport links, water systems, and small acts of leisure. The book moves through three key areas Glencoe, Cairngorm, and Glenshee, bringing together photographs and interviews, to reflect on how we can live in harmony with Scotland’s fragile, mountainous landscape. The publication is crafted using sustainable materials, ensuring that the internal content reflects the external build. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amber Charlton
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Communication Design
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Born and raised in East London, I’m graduating from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Lens-Based Communication Design. My practice centres on photography and moving image, with a consistent focus on people. From the two women who started a queer football club, to a Glasgow DJ, to my mum, I’m drawn to personal narratives and use the camera as a tool to document and retell these stories. My main project this year explored my mum’s work as a furniture maker, reflecting on themes of motherhood, creative lineage, and balancing work with raising children. I work across digital and film, though recently I’ve been drawn to medium format photography for its slower, more intentional process - a welcome counterpoint to the fast pace of contemporary life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Niamh Smylie
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Communication Design
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Comhla bhreac is a series of images within a self-bound hardback publication that focuses on Irish landscapes with a history of mythology and folklore. It aims to share the presence and magic that can be felt in these spaces, if you open yourself up to it. The photobook includes the Irish and English translations for each location name, exploring the idea of what information is lost once we fail to recognise the language of the land. Shot entirely on 120 film, this series was created over nine months within my final year at Glasgow School of Art. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lauren Mulvey
Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Communication Design
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I created this body of work using a large 5X4 format camera. The idea around the project was a collection of portraits captured in a studio. The idea came from another project I was working on; this was an on-location project at drag events, documenting behind the scenes. I wanted to capture the opposite of drag as the usual cliché portraits of drag artist can be eccentric performing. However, with these, I wanted to capture a glimpse of them as a person underneath the drag persona. This project was to capture drag artists across the central belt of Scotland upon sharing to social media platforms, this drew drag artists in from other parts of Britain. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jiho Lee
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My photography project explores the tension between societal expectations and women's subjectivity, particularly within the context of Korean society. I depict women who lose or distort their identities to conform to male-centric ideals. Through costumes, makeup, and symbolic gestures, such as men lifting bed sheets to metaphorically represent the male gaze, my work visualizes the prejudices and pressures. Ultimately, my project reflects my desire for women to reclaim their narratives not as mothers, wives, or daughters defined by others, but as autonomous individuals with their own voices and lived experiences. Through this work, I hope to honor and give visibility to all women who have been silenced, erased, or forced into molds not of their choosing. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Angel Richardson
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Malif Miff Moff is a photographic project confronting the bitter-sweet, complex and overwhelming experience of loss and grief. Using the imagery of gas masks alongside the absurd yet playful photographic style helps to depict the disconnected, suffocating, and complicated feelings those of us are often left with at the loss of a loved one. Composed of family members and meaningful objects, the work demonstrates a visual representation of the messy processes involved in digesting this reality, whilst creating personal references of nostalgia to explore the concept of legacy. Malif Miff Moff celebrates the impact of the lives once lived, whilst being pushed to work through and face open wounds. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Naomi Nemi
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Contemporary Archives is a series of darkroom prints that reinterprets and regrounds my family archives. Tracing the migration of my grandparents to London in the late 1950s. Navigating internal rejection of predominantly white spaces growing up; This project pays homage to my heritage and identity of Black Britishness. Through the recreation of styling my wardrobe, metaphoric to their existence and presence that lies within me since their passings, encompassed in the harsh shadowings of the constructed studio shots. The prints mirror the Nigerian flag from beginning to end, raw and authentically crafted, while reflecting my self-journey and pride in my heritage. From the culture that has shaped me, I hope this project adds to the wider discourse of Black Britishness. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sze Man Chan
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through my work, I explore topics such as postcolonialism, political violence, and emigration in Hong Kong. Drawing from personal experience, I examine the complex relationship between politics, mentality and the body, using photography as a tool to address inherited trauma and ongoing political issues. Visually, collage is the main approach in my photography. I combine my own photographs, images from magazines, and archival material to create fragmented symbols and prompts that build my statement of resistance. I aim to reveal the invisible yet existing systems of power that control and dominate politics, histories, cultures, and lives. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alice Orio
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The summer before university, I lost both my grandparents within two months of each other. Their passing left a deep absence, and photography became my way of making sense of what remains. Prima Che Scenda Il Buio, Per Non Dimenticare (Before Darkness Falls, Not to Forget) began by documenting the quiet decay of their house—its deterioration mirroring our emotional landscape. As the project evolved, I photographed my mum and aunts in the house, reanimating the space and shifting the work from absence to presence. Blending staged and documentary methods, and working with film, archives, and found objects, I explore grief, memory, and the intergenerational threads that bind us. The house, once full of life, now stands as a witness to loss—and to enduring love. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Omi Lu-Nath
Goldsmiths University of London - BA (Hons) Media and Communications
Graduate Photography Online 2025
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores the fluidity of existence and the illusion of separateness between humans and nature. Through diptychs, I juxtapose human and organic forms, thinning the boundary between self and world. A rock and a person are not so different; time is the only thing that separates them. Flesh, like stone, weathers and returns to earth. What if we saw ourselves not as separate from nature, but as continuous with it. Shaped by the same forces of time and decay. Where does a person end and a tree begin? Looking at life from a broader perspective, beyond linear time, helps me make sense of loss of people, of places, of the past. The river moves, yet remains. Life changes, yet is always whole.” . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Aimee Slowley
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Where She Shines’ is a project that celebrates female empowerment by capturing women in the spaces where they feel most confident, passionate, and strong. Through their hobbies, careers, and interests, I wanted to show the pride and individuality that come from doing what they love. I focused on showing the strength and energy that shines through when women are doing what inspires them. This project is about how their passions build confidence and highlight their unique stories. I hope it encourages people to appreciate the creativity, resilience, and spirit shown in each photo. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Chantelle Melody Bango
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Rooted in Lineage is a visual exploration of Black British youth, photographed in the spaces that shaped them. Each subject is captured in their favourite outfit, reflecting individuality, identity and pride. The series celebrates personal histories, style and the connection between self-expression and place. It also highlights the cultural and emotional significance of Black hair, showing how hairstyles can carry tradition, creativity and a sense of belonging. Through intimate portraits, the project captures the spirit of youth and the importance of representing Black experiences with care, depth and authenticity. This work reflects my ongoing commitment to telling real stories that matter to the communities I come from and want to continue working with in the future. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elliot Legg
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The project explores the weekly routine shared between a grandmother and her grandson. It unfolds in real time, documenting their consistent rituals and moments together. Initially set in her longtime home, the project follows their journey as circumstances change—shifting to a new environment after an accident—while their bond and routine remain a constant thread throughout. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Grace Faulkner
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Quiet Corners is a documentary project focusing on the themes of rural life. Looking closer into the work of people who positively contribute toward rural spaces to keep them thriving in a society where sustainable and independent farming is rapidly changing and declining. This project highlights the work of those who are improving and making a difference to rural spaces in today’s challenging society. My work has looked a lot at the positives of rural life and rural spaces from the vibrant social atmosphere at Woodoaks volunteering events on a sunny Friday morning to Stagenhoe, the family run farm with a wholesome dynamic. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kamile Tamosynaite
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Fragments of the Past’ is a personal project, designed to help me, acting as my own art therapy. I open up and share some of the traumatic events from my childhood and the emotions connected to the memories, shaping who I am. Using fashion editorial photography, I am exploring specific memories and traumas. Some of these have had a long-lasting mental and physical impact for me, my family and loved ones. I hope that others can relate to this work. Being able to share this story has given me both clarity and relief. This project was made in the hope that I could help others to understand and know that they are not alone, with myself and others around them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Louie Cusack
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The London Underground holds thousands of people from all walks of life on a day to day basis, with it’s trains constantly moving from place to place ever since the 1860s. Because of it always being in motion, many don’t take the time to observe the industrial marvel that is the Underground, nor the unique people that use it. The project started from my fasination of the London Underground itself and the stories it tells. Line Life is a project that embraces this location through the observation of all aspects of the Underground. The project focuses on most of the activities of the tube, explored through it’s inhabitants and both it’s trains and station themselves. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lydia Alexandrou
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through portraiture and documentary style images, ‘Connected’ explores the cultural diversity of young women in Britain today. This project celebrates individuality and heritage, highlighting how women express their identities through fashion, personal items, and their environments, while establishing their place in a multicultural society. Alongside the images, handwritten letters share the women’s joys and personal experiences, reflecting how their culture enriches their daily lives. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Molly White
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Behind the Spotlight’ captures the silent moments before the applause. The project focuses on the glamour and preparation that takes place before the curtain is lifted. Through a series of posed portraits, candid shots and detailed images, Behind the Spotlight reveals the emotions and processes experienced before the performance takes place. I created this work to show the reality and authenticity of people behind the stage. I wanted to bring light to the beauty of preparing for a show, because without it, the magic of theatre would not exist. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tara Sivri
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘90%’ captures the pressures society places on women, through the intention of defining beauty. The title is inspired by the statistic: ‘‘More than 90 percent of girls, 15 to 17 years old, want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance.’’ - Armstrong, 2011. As a young woman pursuing a career in the beauty industry, I have a strong passion for beauty, but have experienced such pressures. ‘90%’ uncovers the rooted problem of beauty ideals that challenge women, particularly young women like myself, that we must alter who we are until we fit the short-lived trends. But, through each tear, my project peels back the layers of what the mask represents, embracing beauty on our own terms. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eva Groseva
University of Hertfordshire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“Free Form” is a celebration of youth—bright, curious, and full of movement. Using the expressive and often chaotic language of Flash , this project channels the joy and spontaneity of growing up. With bold visuals, playful pacing, and a light-hearted tone, the work invites viewers into a world where imagination leads and rules are optional. It reflects on the energy of being young: messy, vibrant, and always in motion. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amy Moran
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Amy Moran is a Manchester-based fashion, beauty and still-life photographer. Her work explores commercial practice and aesthetics through concepts rooted in the natural world. Inspired by the forms and colours of nature, Moran’s visual style emphasises gesture and uses a considered colour palette to create imagery that encourages reflection on humanity’s innate tendency to be drawn to nature. In ‘Ephemeral’, Moran mirrors nature’s colours, shapes and forms, through gesture, pose and palette to create colourful fashion editorials and floral still life compositions. The work is rooted in colour theory and its historical context, where carefully selected colour schemes seek to reflect the vibrant colours we find within our natural world, whilst aligning with contemporary commercial aesthetics. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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James Ballantyne
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Omission is centered around familiar landscapes within the north of England. Utilizing cumbersome cameras within local environments day and night to explore themes of being lost. The landscape serves as an opportunity to connect with the self. The process of image making acts as a way to quiet the mind in an attempt to find peace, though not always successful. The landscape bears witness by offering itself and in exchange a dance of peace is returned. The result is a sequence of Black and White images, serving as my first attempt to position myself within the wider British Landscape. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lucy Hodge
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My objective as a commercial photographer is to craft imagery that elevates a product beyond its functional use, presenting it as aspirational and emotionally resonant. By exploring the intricacies of light, shadow, and colour, every composition and lighting decision is crafted to engage, inform, and align with a brand’s vision. Whether through bold, high-contrast campaigns or subtle, minimalist arrangements, my portfolio reflects a commitment to quality and creativity, conveying multifaceted narratives that emphasises a products design, functionality and purpose. This portfolio of imagery represents an intersection of artistry meets commerce, where each frame is an invitation to see the extraordinary in every product. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lucy Nicholson
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project aims to create a series of images that capture the unique personality and individuality of each horse through equine portraiture. With a focus on the movement, form and gestures of the horse’s body, the work delves into the subtle expressions, and distinct ways each horse carries itself, offering glimpses into their temperament and natural elegance. Throughout this project I took inspiration from traditional equine paintings and used this to convey their strength, grace, and character as well as the subtle ways they interact with their environment. In doing so, the project emphasizes the deep connection between a horse’s movement, identity, and innate beauty, offering viewers a fresh, more intimate perspective of these animals. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sarah Loveland
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Always investigates the connection between places, objects, and archival photos, and how each can prompt and trigger memories. Reflecting on my Nana’s life and my relationship with her, I have explored how these elements help one remember various aspects of a person. My work engages with the town of Huddersfield, a place entwined with personal memories, which is embodied within the project by Castle Hill, a towering figure that acts as both a literal and symbolic presence. Castle Hill becomes a monument to memory, evoking the idea that those no longer with us are always watching over. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Milly Dennison
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

VENUS examines the fragile architecture of female identity, shaped by internal narratives and external pressures. The studio becomes a theatre of performance, with the artist's own body used to explore the construction and contortion of identity. Descending into the shadows of sexual violence and misogyny, illuminating how these experiences can fracture self-perception and distort reality, the body becomes a battleground, its movements a visceral expression of the struggle between subjugation and the pursuit of autonomy in relation to female identity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Heidi Reece
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Dear Uncle Eddy, I Want to be Defined by a Grapefruit explores the intersection of Reece’s obsessive thoughts and photography, unfolding as a series of letters to her AI-generated Uncle Eddy. Reece outsources her decision-making to Eddy and follows his advice to travel to Barcelona to lift her low mood. When the change brings little relief, she’s prescribed antidepressants but convinces herself she’s allergic to them. Turning back to Eddy for guidance, it becomes clear that photography offers a therapeutic way to navigate her compulsions. If the pills could not be consumed with grapefruit, then perhaps photography was the bitter fruit she needed. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Paige Denton
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project, titled ‘Seen and Heard: Visualising Female Empowerment’, focuses on capturing moments that are expressed through female voices. Through a series of portraiture, behind the scenes, experimentation and detail shots, I aim to showcase women from different professions, backgrounds and ages, who embody empowerment in their day to day lives. My goal is to not only create visually captivating imagery, but to also give viewers an understanding of the women that they are seeing in each photograph, understanding their story, self-confidence and their transformation of what it means to be a woman today. Throughout this project I hope to deepen my understanding of storytelling through photography, but also significantly highlight the importance and understanding about women and their own personal empowerment journey. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sean Knight
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My portfolio presents a curated selection of my fashion photography, divided into two distinct categories: editorial fashion and e-commerce. The editorial section highlights my creativity, drawing inspiration from 90s grunge, skateboarding, and streetwear aesthetics. By developing a unique style from using a fisheye lens and incorporating studio equipment into my final outcomes, I create bold imagery that sets my work apart from other editorial practitioners. The e-commerce section showcases my technical expertise, demonstrating meticulous control over industry-standard conventions to produce clean and professional images. Through collaboration with stylists, makeup artists, models, and fashion students, I have developed a body of work that reflects my versatility and industry readiness, striking a balance between commercial precision and expressive artistry. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Yasmin McLoughlin
University of Huddersfield - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

'I’ll See You in The Skies', is an evolving exploration of grief, and how it can be dealt with through a visual and conceptual form. To do this I’ve taken the time to reflect on my own personal grief of my grandad and investigated the things I remember about him and his life. I’ve attempted to explore maintaining a bond with someone that has passed on, as well as trying to learn new things about them by exploring precious locations and objects, an example of one of these locations is working at the airport at home in Liverpool. So, I shot images there that reverberate memories of the past while documenting the present. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Shizza Majeed
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Babaji's Britain is a portrait series I created with my grandfather, Ghulam Abbas or Babaji, as I call him. He migrated from Pakistan to Britain in 1962, planning only a short stay. Over sixty years later, his life is rooted in East London. Now 85, Babaji carries both tradition and change shaped by faith, cricket, language, and memory. Through staged portraits, we explored how he’s held onto his roots while adapting to life here. Each image is quiet and intentional, filled with symbols that speak to the in-between visual dialogue between past and present. Babaji's Britain is our tribute to resilience, to everyday grace, and to the generations who helped shape this country. A reclaiming of space, of belonging, and of home. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Benjamin Martinaud
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Corpus Terrae is an ongoing self-portraiture project that explores my connection to my homeland, Tenerife, after living in England for over five years. During a visit to the island a year ago, I became aware of details I once overlooked, like the shape of the mountains, the sound of waves, and the smell of dry soil. These sensations revealed how distant I had become from the land that shaped me. Motivated by the feeling that the island no longer felt like home, I began performing in the landscape, using my body as a tool for memory and communication. Through nudity, I return to a primal state. This project is a search for meaning, belonging, and a way to reclaim my place. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kimberley Murray
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Nocturnal Vision captures the goth community and its nightlife culture in the south. By exploring themes of self-expression, the art of the dance, and intimate moments shared in the calm, the goth club extends to the virtual. With images that reflect the atmosphere and energy of the location, outsiders to the community can see the beauty of an often misunderstood way of life, beginning to dismantle negative preconceptions towards those in line with the macabre. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elene Mgaloblishvili
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“In the Ink: A Study in Self” is a photographic exploration of emotional turmoil, dissociation, and resilience. Through black-and-white self-portraits and abstract inkblots, the artist reflects on a period of personal struggle. The series blends the clinical with the intimate, using inkblots - traditionally tools for examining the unconscious - alongside portraits that reveal internal conflict and the tension between bodily awareness and emotional restraint. The work invites viewers to examine their own psychological terrain, emphasizing the fragile line between strength and vulnerability. By making these internal complexities visible, “In the Ink” fosters reflection on the often invisible struggles many endure and the slow, intricate process of self-discovery and transformation. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Mia Cassels
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Two Gardens, Two Months is a photography project documenting growth in two biodynamic gardens over 56 days in early spring. My interest in biodynamic agriculture began at a Waldorf Steiner school, where I first learned Steiner’s philosophy. This shaped my understanding of land as a living organism, connected to both earth and cosmos. Biodynamic farming, developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1924, uses natural preparations and aligns with lunar and planetary rhythms. I witnessed the gardeners’ deep commitment to working with these cycles. Their connection to the land inspired my use of cyanotypes. The hands-on process felt like a natural extension of their work, slow, attentive, and shaped by time and nature. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Thomas Evans
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Named after the Welsh national anthem, this photo project is about my connection to Wales through heritage. I grew up on the south coast of England with a Welsh Dad. He raised me in the culture through playing rugby, learning the national anthem, buying me a Wales rugby shirt and trying to teach me the language. I was born in England, but it always felt that my heart belonged elsewhere. With guidance from my father, we traversed landscapes significant to him and places that my ancestors worked and mined. It’s not where you’re from that defines your identity, it’s the culture you’re surrounded with. On paper, I am English. Yn fy nghalon, Cymro ydw I. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Denis Colebourne
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

After completing “my cosy universe” in 2024, I realized urban spaces are often dull and depressing. We forget beauty can be found in the mundane. Graffiti art, often rejected, highlights this. "Transient Luminescence" stems from this idea. Using three boxes covered in mirror and holographic film, a spotlight reflects light across urban spaces, warming them. This work has a multi-layer structure: the environment, the boxes, and the light scattering. "Transient Luminescence" is ephemeral graffiti, a momentary protest of the status quo. It ceases as quickly as it exists, leaving behind photographs that turn the ephemeral into the eternal, exploring the interaction between object and light in dilapidated spaces. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Beth Holroyde
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Vessel is an exploration into the body's role as a physical transporter. It aims to recognise and show appreciation for the body having transported me from birth to the present. With graduation looming, I was prompted to think about how far I had come and how prepared I was for the next chapter of my life. I discovered that without this shell in which my soul resides, I would not be in the place I am now. Through exploring different locations in my life chronologically and making casts of my body as it is now, I freeze this version of myself and the growth I have achieved, visualising the vital role the body has as a carrier in human life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sudheha Amerasinghe
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Gathered Heights is a personal exploration of a lifelong relationship with climbing, born from childhood play and a deep connection to nature. Traversing the varied landscapes of the UK; from the gritstone edges of the Peak District to the crags of Snowdonia, the project reflects how climbing has evolved into both a physical challenge and a spiritual practice. It captures not just the act of climbing, but the quiet in-between moments: the approaches, the waiting, and the shifting light. Whether shared with close friends or fellow adventurers, these experiences speak to a broader culture rooted in tradition, self-reliance, and reverence for the land. The work honours both personal reflection and the collective spirit of the UK’s outdoor climbing community. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jakub Walecki
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project exists to explore the connection between Religious Iconography and the Macabre. I have aimed for these images to be shrouded in a fear of death, just as the "God" within the Old Testament intended. Dark Contrast is the main tool I have used in these images to best convey the way I have seen the Catholic Church growing up, shrouded in shadow with a touch of death imbued in those said shadows. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Marina Stancill
Kingston University London - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My project Where the Flames Lingered, reflects on the Eaton Canyon fires which occurred in early January, 2025 and the irreversible loss they caused. This work explores what it means to watch not just a structure, but a home, a sanctuary, a keeper of memories, an extension of identity, disappear in smoke. It documents the stillness after disaster, the silence following destruction, and the charred remnants of a once-thriving space. Through these images, the project explores into the emotional weight of displacement, the erosion of safety, and the deep scars left on a community. There is no simple closure, only the ache of what cannot be rebuilt. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jason Hughes
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The idea with My Space was to capture portraits of people in their own working environment. Inspired by classical artists, I set out to take unique portraits using a single flash to help the subject stand out. Many photographers overcomplicate the overall composition and too many techniques into their work, I wanted to capture nuances of the subject’s workspace, but with the emphasis on the person. With the intention of a darker background, the viewer is drawn into what the sitter may do as a career. From the homeworker, the young business entrepreneur, the hairdresser and the mechanic. I set out to tell a narrative about peoples’ occupations, but by including their working environment, the story is brought to life. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Abraham Kalloothara
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Illusions is a visual exploration of perception, inspired by dreams, subconscious distortions, and the blurred realities shaped by social media and AI. In dreams, the surreal feels real, we accept the impossible without question. Similarly, AI generated images, and curated online personas can appear authentic, challenging our sense of truth. This project examines those parallels through surreal compositions, visual deception, and manipulated imagery. I aim to create photographs that confuse and captivate, prompting viewers to question what they see. By merging dream logic with digital influence, Illusions reflects on how easily reality is bent, whether by the mind, the machine, or the media. This work invites uncertainty, reminding us that not everything we perceive is as it seems. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Daniel Dunleavy-Welsh
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My photography documents calming aspects of the British seaside, focusing on the nostalgic landscapes of the Lancashire coastline. These are places from my childhood, and through soft tones and colour imagery, I evoke a sense of peace and familiarity. I am drawn to subtle details, textures of foliage, landscapes, and enduring structures. Capturing moments that feel both personal and universally resonant. My gentle, reflective compositions encourage contemplation and connection with the landscape. Beyond the seaside, I have explored Brutalist architecture, contrasting its raw geometry with the softness of my coastal imagery. Across all my projects, I aim to document and preserve landscapes, creating a lasting visual archive that reflects memory, place and emotion. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Deborah Parr
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Everything but the game’ captures fans going to football matches, exploring football culture in all its many facets. Football and football fans play a huge part in our British culture; it is not ‘just a game’ the passion for it is deeply rooted and ingrained in our heritage and mixed in with the social aspects, the rituals, the friendships, the bonds, the excitement, as Jock Stein once said ‘football is nothing without the fans’. The loyalty and hope of these fans, the ties that bind one person to their club forever, no matter the hardships, they wear their hats, scarves, rings, tattoos and shirts with pride as they sing their tribal hometown chants in unison every Saturday afternoon. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Georgina Shorrock
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Skin Deep’ is a photographic exploration into femininity and its many forms. Rooted in the symbolism of flowers, a visual blend between natures flora and the many faces of femininity. Using techniques of visual distortion, blurred reflections, light trails and refraction; they create a barrier between the subject and the audience by discouraging them from critiquing the subject – like how society often critiques women. The overpowering sense of nature within the imagery acts as a metaphor for society, highlighting how its harsh standards often dominate women, regardless of their identity. Each flower used within the project carries a deeper symbolic connotation which aims to amplify the voices of women through powerful imagery with an overarching sense of femininity and self-love. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jessica Stafford
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Adrenaline is a photography project that explores the heart of car culture, capturing not just the machines but also the people and the vibrant community around them. I aim to show the individuals, the cars, and the culture that connects them. It’s a world full of energy, passion, and expression, from high-speed thrills to late-night meets. Detailing your car with stickers, mods, and personal touches isn’t just style, it’s a statement and a key part of the culture. Inspired by my love for cars, this project celebrates the unique identity and camaraderie within the scene. Adrenaline reveals how automotive life is about more than speed, it's about creativity, connection, and belonging. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lilly-Anne Carr
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I’m Still Here dives into the unsettling space between dreams and reality, where the boundaries of both blur; leaving a haunting sense of uncertainty. The project combines dark, cinematic photographs and a narrative that explores themes of isolation, memory, and the feeling of being trapped between two worlds. ‘Her’ inspired by the genre of gothic noir. Shot in eerie, dimly lit nightscapes, the image reflects a world where time is distorted, and figures in the background serve as ghostly remnants of a reality that does not feel tangible. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tilly Lee
University of Lancashire - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work in zoo photography is driven by a passion for conservation and education. Zoos, when ethically operated, serve as vital sanctuaries for endangered species and powerful platforms for raising awareness. Through my photography, I strive to highlight the beauty, intelligence, and individuality of animals in human care, while also prompting reflection on the challenges they face in the wild. My images aim to build a connection between captivity and conservation, reminding us that these animals are ambassadors for their wild relatives. By focusing on emotion, environment, and expression, I hope to inspire empathy and a deeper commitment to protecting wildlife and habitats worldwide. My work, in this context, becomes both art and advocacy—a visual voice for the voiceless. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Samantha Silcott
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through landscape images, I aim to portray the beauty of nature. These landscapes were taken from a walk I did through the Horsforth area of a public footpath in Leeds (The Leeds Country Way). This walk was therapeutic to me as it gave me some headspace and allowed me to just exist in the world. Through many of my landscape images, I also shot a few images in portraiture orientation to show my personal perspective. This creates a more intimate view on the landscape. I am passionate about sharing the natural beauty of the world with others. Through this, I hope to show people to be grateful for the smaller things in life, they can often go unnoticed. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Charlotte Maxfield
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Unspoken Shadows is a deeply personal exploration of the aftermath of sexual assault, capturing the lingering weight of trauma, resilience and healing. Through photography, this project gives form to the emotions that are often left unspoken, fear, isolation, strength and survival. By bringing these unspoken experiences into light, this work aims to challenge stigma, foster understanding and create a space for healing and empowerment. Photography is more than just a visual record, it is a powerful tool of storytelling, expression and documentation. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Will Greenhalgh
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My project explores why I struggle to try new foods, especially fruits and vegetables. I use photography to examine textures, shapes, and contrast to understand better what I like or dislike. Instead of using a digital camera, I worked within the dark room using chemigrams to create unique images of the foods I eat or avoid. This maths allows me to show the foods I enjoy and the ones I hate. This project helped show how the way foods look can really affect how we feel about them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tom Barker
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In August 2024, I weighed 102kg and decided to document my weight loss journey through running. Using photography as a medium, I captured moments of determination, struggle, and progress. Each photo told the story of my transformation, from the early days of struggling to keep up, to gradually hitting milestones. The camera became my companion, allowing me to reflect on the physical and mental changes I experienced. As I lost weight, moving from 102kg to 77kg, my photos not only documented the physical shift but also the growth in confidence and resilience. This documentary is a visual diary of my dedication, showing how running became more than exercise—it became a path to self-discovery and strength. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Bradley Durante
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"Altered States" explores the shifting dynamics of social norms from day to night. This project captures the transformation that unfolds within the city centre, where the pulse of the day—marked by office workers and shoppers—gives way to the vibrant, unpredictable energy of the night. As the evening descends, the streets shift into a playground for partygoers, and a space where dubious interactions may emerge in the shadows. Through a series of street night photographs, I aim to portray the nightly atmosphere. By employing in-camera distortion techniques, I seek to evoke the chaos, unpredictability, and disorientation that nighttime brings. These distortions serve as a metaphor for the altered states of mind and behaviour that emerge as the city takes on a different identity when the sun sets. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Georjia Tighe
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My photography project, Marked by Beauty, is a collaborative project that explores the complex beauty of scars, exploring not only the visual impact it can have on the skin, but also the impact it can have on someone emotionally. This project was created to share stories and show how beautiful scars are. In addition, it is about bringing a voice to other people who may feel insecure and alone due to their scars. People with scars can face a lot of stigmas since society has set certain expectations of what beauty is. This project shows how unique and beautiful scars are, and how much more there is to scars than what is on the surface. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Tara Humphries
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I've created quite a number of images over my three years in university, but this project, called Iron & Heart, is what I consider to be the pinnacle of what I've created. To briefly describe it, it's a Fly on the Wall documentary project which focuses on Heritage Railway Volunteers and their efforts in keeping historic locomotives and the rails they run on alive for years to come. I'm happy with a lot of my other work, which contain photos that are still my favourites, but Iron & Heart stands above them all as not only my biggest project to date, over both personal and university work, but the one I put the most effort and passion into. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Harriet Woollatt
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Unseen struggles’ delves into the daily struggle of living with a chronic illness. Living with Endometriosis is a large part of my life, interfering with many things in my life. Exploring the physical and emotional journey of Endometriosis through photography, I show my day-to-day life with the condition. I used a combination of documentary photography and photograms created in the darkroom, which became a therapeutic process for me. Documenting myself in fleeting moments of pain was something which allowed me to reach out of my comfort zone. It reflected a true representation of what I go through and the true pain this condition causes. All of the photograms are from medication I have actively taken to help ease the pain. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Spencer Gray
Leeds Trinity University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My project, 'Home - Unspoken Tension,' is a photographic narrative of my early childhood years in care, represented through the shared isolation of others. This project does not aim to depict overt conflict but rather the quieter, more insidious forms of discomfort and alienation that often go unnoticed. Often described as a place of refuge and comfort, the home represents the complexity of the human condition. This series of images doesn't have a linear storyline, as I wanted to widen the scope of tension within the home past my personal experience. Creating this project was therapeutic to me as it allowed me to process those repressed emotions and to find liberation through others. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Marlena Walach Szejka
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"Hide and Seek" is a project that subtly explores aspects of communication and perception in the relationship between a mother and a child on the autism spectrum. Using hide and seek as a tool of expression, it asks about visibility, invisibility and how these categories affect our perception of ourselves and others in the context of emotions and sensory experiences. Combining photography and video, the project explores the boundaries of communication - not only verbal, but also non-verbal - through images - using space and presence. In the work, I ask how social expectations of visibility and acceptance shape our understanding of ourselves and how these mechanisms affect close relationships in the context of autism. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amy McNamara
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Restless Retail is a live performance and installation that imagines self-doubt as a product to be packaged and sold. Set up like a typical market stall, I take on the overly polished persona, offering products like Maybe-Not Moisturiser and Shame Polish while simultaneously insisting that no one actually needs them. The work plays with contradiction, using a polished aesthetic and forced cheerfulness to expose deeper feelings of anxiety, insecurity, and social pressure. Humour is central to the piece, not as a way to soften the message, but to invite reflection on how we perform emotional stability in everyday life. Restless Retail critiques how personal struggles are often commercialised, while also creating space for people to laugh, relate, and question. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Nina Achtelik
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This body of work examines the uneasy space between future and present. Rooted in analogue photography, experimental moving image and psychogeography, I use the camera to trace emotional responses to landscape and question how these spaces mirror internal states of uncertainty and disconnection. I have been drawn to environments that feel nostalgic such as abandoned homes, rural personal sites, and overlooked peripheries as a process to resolve feelings about change. where familiarity feels fractured. These places become psychological terrains, visual metaphors for anxiety, nostalgia, and the elusive search for an answer while walking an uncertain path. This work is both personal and observational, mapping emotional undercurrents through physical space, and inviting the viewer to inhabit a landscape where meaning is felt before it is understood. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Oran Curran Coleman
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work largely revolves around the grief I carry for my late father Patrick or better known from his nickname "Happy", who was killed in a stabbing in 2007. His sudden loss and way in which he passed had a profound impact on me, and I've struggled with grief and the idea of his memory fading over time. As the years pass, my memories—his face, his voice—become less clear. What has helped me cope with this feeling is finding new ways to reconnect with my father, particularly through nature and the world around me. The significance of materials has become a central part of my practice. For example, I used the grass from his grave, my family garden and several other places to create these anthotype prints. By incorporating the grass, it feels as though a piece of him is present within these prints. One of the most beautiful aspects of anthotypes is that they gradually fade over time, much like my own memories I have with my father. I've come to understand that it's important not to obsess over what I will eventually forget, but rather to cherish the memories I hold now. Although his physical body is no longer here, he still lives on in the grass and flowers that grow from his grave, in my mother who took on both parental roles and in my sister and I's face. I find comfort in looking for my father in the beauty of everyday life, and in that, I know he's never really gone. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lily Christopher
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Lily Christopher's work is a crossover of her theatre background and contemporary video practice. It acts as a surreal vision of her own wider dream of becoming a performer whilst tackling the crippling self-doubt and the, ŇrealisticÓ restrictions put on the artist, towards the industry at large. The work contemplates the physical objectifications of modern theatre/performance from a surreal, dreamlike lens, reminiscent of cinema. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jeremiah Thomas Segero
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This body of work explores the concept of place and space within urban environments particularly how cities shape and are shaped by our personal experiences. I’m drawn to the subtle contrasts between movement and stillness, density and emptiness, and how these tensions reflect emotional states. As someone living in a city far from my home country Kenya, I’ve become acutely aware of the isolating aspects of urban life. Through this series I'm trying to express a sense of loneliness and detachment that often arises when navigating unfamiliar cultural and spatial landscapes.I'm particularly interested in how dense cities can be, and how that dynamic can be so impersonal and affect our sense of self and our sense of belonging. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Svetlana Pavlenko
Limerick School of Art and Design - BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Svetlana examines ideas of memory,loss, displacement, and nostalgia in her work “Where My Shadow Still Lingers” through a personal perspective. Having lived away from her native Latvia for almost two decades, she revisits the physical and emotional landscapes of her past through photography and archival images. Her work explores the diminishing familiarity of home, which are influenced by absence and loss, particularly the loss of her mother to cancer. This undertaking evolves into a silent yet desperate act of reclamation: an endeavour to preserve the remnants of home and the memories thereof that are at risk of being lost due to the passage of time. It is both an artistic tribute and an archive, where the personal is transformed into the universal as it contemplates change, belonging and home. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Dinka Sierra
London South Bank University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This body of work invites viewers into a quiet dialogue between the visible and the unseen, exploring the organic alliance of the body and the emotional landscape it holds. Through a series of intimate, unguarded portraits, I explore the depth of female interiority: the dreams, fears, longings, and quiet resilience that shape who we are beyond appearances. The bodily landscapes in these photographs are not displayed for your spectacle but rather to reveal their vessel of lived experience, celebrating the individuals, their bearers of memory, vulnerability, and strength. Each photograph offers a moment of stillness, where inner worlds become briefly visible through gesture, gaze, and presence. This project is a reflection on the richness of what we carry within, calling to recognise the emotional truth that lives beneath the surface of every woman's form. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Charlie Lewis
London South Bank University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My newest project: ‘The Future, Before Breakfast’ is a photographic exploration of three different areas London, Birmingham and Essex. In this project I am aim to explore areas. With a title inspired by the writings of Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka, reading and writing become intertwined in the practice, attempting to create works inspired by, and in reference to the writings of Mark Fisher, Sigmund Freud and Albert Camus .The images shot on 35mm and 120mm film are of moments and scenes that have presented themselves to me, spending time in my immediate surroundings is the key to the making of this work. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Murray Heather
London South Bank University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Non Cogito, Ergo Non Sum’ is a mixed media body of work which explores themes of digital life, through sculpture, data-driven imagery, photography, books and performances. Engaging with the constantly shifting and often contradictory worlds of social media and artificial intelligence. Ambivalent in tone, the project highlights the seductive yet unsettling role of these systems in our lives, especially as they increasingly operate in service of profit over people. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Nathan Kirkman
London South Bank University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Walking Home is a photographic series documenting a change of time in my life. The United Kingdom, the Home of my ‘before’, and The Czech Republic, the Home of my ‘After’. ‘Norfolk’ shows the cliffs of my youth. Of my past escape. Of my freedom. Of my family. ‘Bohemia’ shows the hill of my future. Here is where legend states the Czechs first climbed stating this as their new land. I can still hear my mother shouting to my brother and I to come down off the cliffs. I can hear my mother shouting me to run up that hill and never look back. Life brings many decisions, but nothing’s going to change my world, and, I can always come home. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Isobel Hollingworth
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Where the Earth Speaks views the landscape not as a static background but as a living entity that remembers, shifts, and bears the traces of human presence. By contemplating our relationship with nature and the passage of time, this work seeks to honour history and the present by creating an intimate relationship between seeing and being seen. By employing traditional analogue methods that emphasise physicality and handcraft, my methodology is intentional and experiential, reflecting the inherent rhythms of the natural environment. Printing techniques such as lith and caffenol printing embody pictorialist aesthetics while celebrating the inherent imperfections of the printing process. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Evie Robinson
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Glass, Concrete and Stone is about discomfort and domesticity. The idea behind this project came from the realisation that most of the scarring memories that have happened in Robinsons life, have happened on or around the stairs in Robinson family home. It is a project that aims to put you out of place and encourages you to explore a house that is not your home. Evie Robinsons work aims to put you out of place. This project seeks your insecurity whilst embracing possible reflection upon your own home. This body of work walks you into Robinson's house and welcomes you to look upon a personal past of falling up and down in domestic bliss. It welcomes you to make eye-contact with the black and white self portraits. Walk into someone else's house, some other family's life, some people's memories. It asks you if you remember these times yourself. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Katie Probert
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

As a portrait and gig photographer, Katie Probert focuses on crafting narratives through images. Their goal is to infuse each shot with a sense of the theatrical, creating scenes that tell a story beyond the surface. Utilising photography as a creative tool, they aim for the ethereal, using lighting and posing to evoke a dreamlike quality. Their most reject project, titled "Hiraeth", centers around the intersection of fashion and childhood through the context of dreams. This series explores the surreal and fantastical, using avant-garde designs and otherworldly settings to bring dreamlike visions to life. The project aims to blur the lines between reality and imagination, inviting viewers to step into a world where fashion becomes a tool for exploring the ethereal and theatrical. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eliza Waite
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work celebrates the authentic beauty and self expression of queer people by immersing the viewer in our fashion, stories, and realities. It aims to highlight the irony behind the stigmas and stereotypes associated with being queer and trans. It explores the intersectionality of fashion and queer identity to challenge viewers to engage with the politics of language and visibility. The work confronts the irony of slurs often used without understanding and exposes how ignorance amplifies harm. Each image uses fashion as a form of defiance and reclamation while transforming rigid narratives around gender presentation. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Oscar Wilkinson
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘54.3701°N, 3.1199°W’ explores the physicality of prints through analogue processes and combining found objects with image. Through documentation of the mining industry and other derelict structures lost to the natural world, the work’s intention is to immerse us in the scene, forcing an interaction with the physical history of these locations. Emphasis is put on the ecological succession of the mines, nature reclaiming the landscape, and burying its rich history. After interviewing an ex-miner, claustrophobia and disorientation were repeatedly broached; the project approaches these feelings, and mimics them in an attempt to connect us in a similar way. The project documents the dangers the industry carried in an attempt to emphasise the lack of conservation despite the lives lost. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Thomas Holloway
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Over the past year Thomas Holloway has experimented with historically inspired portraiture, with his most recent works inspired by the song ‘"The lament of the partisan" written by WW2 French Resistance leader Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie. Initially influenced by the Leonard Cohen version of the song, Holloway began researching Partisans from across Europe during the second world war to develop the style for his project. This work aims to highlight a perhaps underrepresented group within warfare, an homage to freedom fighters and their impact. The way these portraits are captured represents my modern interpretation of the historical source material with a focus on capturingintensity and identity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Grace Schofield
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"Sometimes I just want to stop time and change the past" My project "Two Faces of Diabetes" is a personal exploration of my experience as a type one diabetic, diagnosed on 8th July 2016. This condition emerged unexpectedly during my adolescence as it does not run in my family. With my work, I want to show awareness and understanding of diabetes but also show my personal journey through this project over the last 8 years of having diabetes. My photography will visualise all these different queries through a 5x4 film analogue camera or digital to show the challenges and achievements of living with diabetes. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Heidi Jones
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My project 'Hollowed' explores the psychological space between reality and the subconscious, particularly in the experience of depression. Being diagnosed with an anxiety-depressive disorder six years ago, I've come to confront and understand my condition through art. Using analogue film and Chemigrams created from antidepressants, I embrace imperfection and blurred boundaries to reflect the raw vulnerability of this journey. Influenced by Freud’s theory of the uncanny, my work symbolises the unsettling nature of depression, where analogue’s nature mirrors the condition’s black-and-white experience. Through these methods, I invite viewers to engage with the complexities of mental illness and its often uncomfortable presence in the human experience. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ivy Sellers
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

'Everyone has a tragic tale to tell' (Moffatt, 2000). This piece explores the deep distortions and trauma imprinted on Seller’s memory, perception, and identity. Rooted by Sellers experiences with generational abuse, alongside assaults, the project reflects the way trauma distorts Seller’s reality - how it fragments, shifts, and reshapes Seller’s perception of herself. This piece centres around memories and place. It focuses on how it symbolises and represents Sellers as a person when relating to her trauma. Sellers still fears she must be like grandmother to mother then to daughter, continuing the abuse. By revisiting memories and trauma, Sellers aims to free herself of her past through photography and hopes to raise awareness for those that have experienced it. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jane Barker
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"ADHD is not my superpower. It is my untamed different operating system." Receiving a late diagnosis of ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia made me realise I operate differently from those around me. I struggle with emotions and their regulation, feeling like 'the kid at the edge of the playground watching everyone play but not understanding how to join in'. My photography visualises these emotions. Flowers represent my connection to nature. This is a grounding force. Glass symbolises the barriers that cloud my experiences, preventing me from fitting into a neurotypical world. The interplay of light, distortion, and texture mirrors my internalised hyperactivity and daily chaos. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Patricia Janek
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work began with a quiet feeling: being looked at, but not fully seen. As women, we’re often reduced to fragments - roles, routines, body parts. Susan Sontag wrote, "Women are taught to see their bodies in parts and evaluate each part separately." That line stayed with me. Through black-and-white self-portraiture, I explore how domestic life can erase us. I focus on the legs - cropped, hidden, overlooked. Shapewear appears throughout, not to flatter but to reflect pressure: to shrink, contain, stay small. Black and white strips away distraction and warmth, revealing repetition, stillness, and emotional weight. These images don’t offer answers. They create space to pause, to notice what often goes unseen. To see, really see, what she holds before she vanishes. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sindija Malakovska
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores four female archetypes: The Maiden, The Wild Woman, The Mother, and The Crone, and their deep connection to nature’s cycles. Each archetype reflects a phase of the feminine psyche and the natural world's rhythms. Influenced by ecofeminism and Jungian theory, the work addresses the disconnect from these cycles caused by modern life, highlighting the loss of bodily intuition and ancestral knowledge. Through nature-based photoshoots, I explore how women can reconnect with these archetypal energies and the land. The imagery becomes a ritual of remembrance, linking body, spirit, and environment. Living near a nature reserve has deepened this connection, grounding the project in lived experience and a desire to restore harmony between women and nature. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Mai Hem
University of Greater Manchester - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

'Command Prompt_' explores the exploitation of human identity by the pervasive manipulation and overwhelm of algorithmic technology. Taking cue from dystopian influences in popular culture, and theories proposed by behavioural psychology, philosophy, and sociology, I integrate these ideas into multidisciplinary interactive experiences that convey the power struggle between individualism and data-driven conformity. In doing so, I invite viewers to actively question what they see, and also how they see themselves. Inspired by the melancholic aesthetics of Dirk Braeckman and Jesse Draxler, the futuristic style of Nick Gentry and David Szauder, and the structural methodologies of artists who confront human perception and reality (Nasito Mosquito and Thomas Deininger et al) I immerse myself into the dichotomous nature of the human psyche. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Justin Lik Tsz Lee
Middlesex University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever. Mars is well equipped for human colonisation. Natural disasters and man-made calamities have come to Earth. Humans need to leave Earth in order to continue the civilisation of mankind. Boldness determines vision. In this project London Mars shows spectators what the city of London on Mars might look like. Imagine London emigrating to Mars. This project offered viewers a perspective of London cityscapes and landscapes on Mars. You'll see that I've photographed and post-produced some of London's famous sights such as the DLR in Canary Wharf, National Theatre and King Cross Station to look like they're on Mars. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elise Fowler
Middlesex University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The Art of Noticing is rooted in the idea that attention brings out the unseen value in the world around us. This work doesn’t aim for spectacle, but rather seeks depth in the mundane, inviting the viewer to see what’s often overlooked. Through subtle details and quiet moments, I explore how small shifts in perception can unveil hidden layers of meaning. My photography offers a space to reflect on everyday occurrences and find beauty in the ordinary. Noticing is not a destination; it’s a way of engaging with the world. This project is a record of what emerged when I chose to stop and look. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Karolina Iracka
Middlesex University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

All of these are nature photographs, manipulated to present a more abstract and altered perspective on the familiar. Why should things appear natural in a dream when we can imagine them differently? What does it mean to view nature from a unique perspective? To me, a dreamlike version of nature involves repeated patterns, flowing shapes, and more vibrant colours in nature. When I dream, I think of natural-coloured leaves on trees that branch out in diamond-like shapes. But the more I think, the more I imagine a distinctly different look and feel to nature, as if I were descending into a continuous loop of imagination , to one that leads me through passageways of wonder and creative freedom. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Miriana Dimartina
Middlesex University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work comes from a need to give shape to emotions that are hard to explain. Through analogue photography, experimental techniques, and negative manipulation, I have created a kind of personal archive of my time in London. Each image is the result of a moment deeply felt, rather than just observed. I am interested in how emotion distorts, transforms, and reveals. Chaos, for me, is not disorder, but a different kind of balance. Through these photographs, I aim to bring out the intimacy within the subjective gaze and show how feeling can become a tool for reading reality. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jordan Drury
Middlesex University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through my photography, I seek to capture the feeling of surrender; being completely immersed in sound, light, and human connection. In music venues, the term "pit" holds a raw, symbolic meaning. Whether it’s the mosh pits where fans lose themselves in chaos or the photo pits where moments of intensity are frozen, the word evokes immersion. It’s about diving into a collective, unrestrained, and vulnerable moment of experience. I'm drawn to the physicality of these moments, how to capture those moments of fleeting bliss in the moment. Tearing down the rules of photography to do so. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Emily Roche
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

When the Catholic church arrived in Ireland, it ran as a corporation which constantly required a tax to keep itself afloat. This was funded by the average lay person through regular donations and collections. However, members of the Catholic church often paid their dues in other ways through family status, bodily autonomy, hiding sexuality, tolerating abuse and the passing on of information all in the hope of appearing faithful and loyal to the powers at play. To not adhere to these rules was like a tax gone unpaid and as the debt grew so did your isolation from the community. Corporation Tax explores how this mask or façade was upheld for so long by an organisation drunk with power. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anya Carter
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Shelter is a fundamental human need, vital for survival and well-being. The selected images are from an ongoing project which emerged from an exploration of the liminal landscape between the M50 ring-road in Dublin and suburbia. The work is rooted in the discovery of a makeshift sleeping area beneath a bridge, where small, discarded objects bear silent testimony to those who take refuge in this desolate space alongside the relentless hum of the motorway. Today more than ever shelter responses are crucial for addressing the needs of displaced populations, ensuring they have access to necessities and a safe environment like we are habituated to. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Rosie Feeney
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Horse and cattle fairs are vital social and cultural hubs in rural Ireland. This project explores my relationship to my identity, place, and heritage by documenting the rhythms of life in the Irish farming communities I tried to avoid in my youth. These images reﬂect the enduring bond between people and animals, capturing moments of care and belonging in a culture shaped by tradition. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Cillian Johnston
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

During a trip around Ireland, I encountered grottos—enigmatic relics of a bygone era, often tucked within working-class neighborhoods. These sites, adorned with plaques from local sponsors in the 1950s, evoke a time when the church exerted undue influence over daily life. To me, they symbolize an oppressive nostalgia, urging passersby to remain anchored in misery. Yet, I also met caretakers who passionately maintain these grottos, exhibiting both pride and devotion, while others appear neglected. This duality resonates within me; while I grapple with my skepticism toward these faith symbols, I respect their significance to others. Thus, I present my images concealed in boxes—encouraging a private engagement, inviting viewers to seek meaning without imposing it upon them. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Elena Barschazki
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

There are these nights when thoughts hold us captive and we seek refuge in the clear air of midnight streets. This photographic journey follows those night wanderings when memories return with unexpected vigour. Under the gentle glow of streetlights, we discover a different world—one where our senses narrow to sound and movement, where windowless buildings mirror our entrapment and illuminated windows remind us we aren't alone after all. This project speaks to that experience of loneliness and the subtle comfort we might even find in isolation. But in the end of this journey we understand that even in our most solitary moments, we are never truly abandoned. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ying-Hsin Yu
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores the symbolism of the moon—its mystery, nostalgia, and enduring presence across cultures through multimedia collage: 35 mm analogue imagery, found objects, digital astrophotography, and painted elements. Inspired by Quiet Night Thoughts by Bai Li, one of Asia’s most famous poems, the work reflects on the moon’s connection to home: ‘I lift my head and gaze at the bright moon, I lower my head and think of home.’ Having lived away from Taiwan for over a decade, Ying-Hsin associates the full moon with belonging. Blending five moon myths with Irish landscapes, the body of work draws from Eastern and Western folklores, creating a personal connection to the places. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Rosie Gillis
National College of Art and Design - University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores the similarities between anxiety and nature. In 2020 I started my first therapy session. During this time, I was beginning my undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture. Through this I was able to develop a keen sense of sympathy and empathy for nature and developed a connection through my struggles with mental health. Anxiety in nature can simply be seen through invasive species draining the life from surrounding plants, climbing ivy that squeezes the trunk of a tree and invisible diseases that rot from the inside. I aim to convey these striking similarities between the internal struggles I face and the often unpredictable and unnoticed ways in which nature acts. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alina Smolinschi
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The photo-video documentary “Between Heaven and Amen” is part of a massive project titled “That’s how life caught me for a moment”, the latter comprising a large part of my small or large projects as a photographer and photojournalist. The goal of the "Between Heaven and Amen" project was to create a photo-video documentary of photojournalistic investigation that would reveal how the Corrupt System in Romania is destroying Animal Husbandry, more specifically sheep farming, this documentary being accompanied by an album book having the same name. I am passionate about photographing people, portraiture and everything that this entails as photography, it is another side of photography that I am passionate about and that I practice. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Isaac Elgey
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Wandering Minds’ is a statement on how society travels in the modern-day world. With the positive impact of travel on expanding the knowledge and culture of the traveller, in contrast, there comes a cost relating to the negative impact of tourism, with the loss of culture and tradition in popular tourist destinations. This project shows two sides of the same coin, highlighting the concern of preserving history and the authenticity of exploring new places, juxtaposed with how humans’ lust for travel instinctively and how it can be enriching and thought-provoking to travel when done mindfully and respectfully. This project is a smaller part of a current narrative around eco-tourism and mindfully navigating the expansive and ever-growing nature of modern-day tourism. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Neil Bankhurst
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The way we are fuelling our cars, vans, lorries, and public transport is changing. We are seeing a shift from petrol and diesel to electric and this means our landscape will change accordingly. Petrol stations will become a relic of the past as people charge their vehicles at home or work. But this comes with environmental, social, and economic repercussions which include the loss of interaction with others, the redundancies and the land needed to be dug up to lay the power cables. This project looks at the derelict, the current and the future and leaves us with the question of if we are indeed ready for ‘the big switch over’. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Liam Bellwood
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My astrophotography project concentrates on capturing breath-taking night sky views in eight separate locations across the Northeast of England, specifically in North Yorkshire and County Durham. These photographs include numerous stars, planets, constellations, and even a small portion of the cosmos we are placed in, inviting reflection on what is truly outside, deep into outer space. To further establish this, the landscape and location sites are placed at the bottom of the photographs to give viewers a point of view to take in the vast details and wonder: How significantly big is the observable universe truly? Is there other life that we have yet to discover? . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Reece White
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The series “Ten Past Two” is an urban documentary that looks at modern life in small towns of the northeast of England. The series features Peterlee, which has remained the same for the last twenty years. After dealing with the loss of a major series of work that I had created for my final module on the course, I found myself processing this loss, wandering the streets of the local town, and capturing images that reflected my own feeling of being trapped in time. This town is encapsulated by the infamous clock tower that features its hands stuck at the now notorious ten past two position, hence becoming the namesake of the module. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Stephen Bailes
The Northern School of Art - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My interest in photography began by photographing historical buildings in Teesside, Northern England, which were subject to regeneration, marking an interest in the history of my local area, explored through street photography. In later years, I began photographing brutalist architecture as I found beauty in the shapes and simplicity of these buildings, representing an interest in the preservation of heritage. In recent years I have started to document abandoned buildings to present an inner perspective of places that have been viewed from the outside. This led me to travel across Europe in hunt for abandoned buildings in my project SB-MMXXV. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Richard Dalgleish
Open College of the Arts - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Scatter refers to the scatter of children playing, their footsteps, shrieks and even their individuality dissipating in the distance, of dissolving, shape-shifting memories, of dust and ash dispersing in the wind. The creative elements of this project, grounded in research, have helped me better understand and cope with loss following the death of my daughter, Rebecca, to cancer. My work combines digital and traditional photography, mixed media, video and installation using experimental textures and techniques to evoke themes of memory, loss and grief, the role of place and object related to death, the passage of time and the liminal space beyond life that is, agonisingly, just out of reach. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Barry Rourke
Open College of the Arts - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am by nature an optimist, but today I see my world through jaundiced eyes. Many of the places I have visited, I would now be unable to go to, or at least I would be fearful of revisiting. War, instability, riots and starvation accompany an increasing number of corrupt, power-hungry and greedy oligarchs and autocrats. I no longer make images that show a simple visual mirror of that world. My pictures are full of how I feel, so they may be dark and menacing, sometimes confused and occasionally lighter in spirit. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Giorgio Colonna
Open College of the Arts - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This set is an excerpt from the Nocturnus Genius, Backstages in Venice, at Night visual project. The photographic work is the fruit of several nocturnal drifts through Venice, a city often reduced to a simple scenario for tourism and commerce. The inspiration comes from psychogeography, the theory of drift and the search for the genius loci, which pushed me to observe Venice as it appears and feels, beyond its spectacularization. Each image is an invitation to look beneath the surface, discovering the city's hidden side and backstages. Nocturnus Genius represents the first step of a more extensive journey to explore other urban spaces through the lens of the night. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Caroline Black
Open College of the Arts - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I consider myself a flâneuse of the forest; it is where I create, reflect, and question, moving between the external environment and the internal world. An archetype of folktales, the forest symbolises the feminine and the subconscious, becoming both setting and character. It offers a space for stories to unfold in the liminality between reality and imagination. (m)other. explores the complexities of womanhood through reimagined woodland landscapes shaped by digital manipulation and metaphorical visuals. At its heart lies a quiet meditation on the choices, challenges, and identities women must navigate, particularly around motherhood. This work is layered with hidden meaning and ambiguity, inviting reflection rather than resolution. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Paul Butler
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work represents the Irish army's dedicated service to the United Nations humanitarian efforts in Lebanon, within the Israel/Palestine conflict of the 1980s. With still life, artefacts and moving image, I hope to present a poignant reflection of Irish Men in the Lebanon during the 1980s. Supported by surrounding images taken by my father and his battalion, we offer a snapshot of life in the conflict over forty years ago. In many ways it’s like history repeating, on the 8th November the Irish camp came under attack by Isreali forces, bringing the role played by Irish peacekeepers back into the spotlight. I want to honour the commitment by soldiers – such as my father - and the broader narrative of peacekeeping in the region. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Frieda Mitchell
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My project explores the journeys of young Ukrainians who were forced to flee their homeland following the Russian invasion in March 2022. Some were as young as 15, leaving behind their families with only the bare essentials and facing an uncertain path through countries like Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, and Germany before eventually arriving in Ireland. Their stories are deeply moving, told with emotion in their eyes as they recall the chaos and fear of escape, the disorientation of sudden displacement, the heartbreak of leaving behind their homes and loved ones. Now, they are adapting to life in Ireland, learning a new language, settling into schools and universities, and for some, navigating the early stages of their careers. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Melanie Smith
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Current news has highlighted that many children with special needs are not receiving adequate government support. The Department of Education has raised concerns among parents. Many children requiring assistance are denied their right to an education, leading to parents seeking alternative schools only being rejected, which has led to protests for their children's educational rights. These challenges also affect young adults with additional needs, leading to difficulties accessing the required support through educational systems, whether mainstream, further, or higher education. For this project, I interviewed adult learners, with various needs, including autism, ADHD, and dyslexia. We explored their challenges and experiences with education and support systems that help them achieve their goals. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Linda OFlynn
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Content: Graduate Portfolio
Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The history of Dublin Docklands dates from the 18th century. It was a very busy port, the area heavily industrialised with warehouses, factories and shipyards. By the mid-20th century, it faced many challenges, like other ports around the world. The growth of containerisation made the old infrastructure of the Docklands obsolete and the warehouses and docks fell into disrepair. The turning point came in the 1990s when plans for regeneration took place. Since then, the redevelopment of the Dublin Docklands has radically changed the physical and social structures of this part of the inner city. Its landscape is aesthetically very different to how it appeared 30 years ago. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Dzhenifer Everest
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

For this project, I chose to capture the delicate yet powerful world of ballet. My inspiration came from observing the intense discipline, grace, and artistry that dancers embody during both practice and performance. I aimed to show the duality of ballet — the combination of strength and softness, effort and elegance. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Declan Doherty
Pearse College of Further Education - QQI Level 6 Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918 is a list of over 49,000 names of Irish-born men who served in regiments of the British army or foreign-born men who served in Irish regiments of the British army during the 1st World War. One of these men - my great-uncle James Byrne, from Donnybrook - joined the 1st battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1915 and took part in the Gallipoli Campaign, landing on ‘’V Beach’’ on 25th April 1915. Given the course of Irish history during that period, between the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence that followed later, James, like so many Irishmen that perished in that war, was never mentioned, in fact their contribution to the War effort was often stigmatised. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Macy Ford
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I believe that the female form should be admired and celebrated, not sexualised. In my series ‘Ode’ I honour this belief by photographing women in a raw, natural style within the context of nature, using sunlight as the primary source of lighting with no post-editing of their bodies or skin. In 2021, my body of work ‘Women’ was removed from an exhibition as an image of a woman’s stomach (containing no nudity) was considered ‘inappropriate’. This reaction, which sexualised a simple depiction of a woman's body, deeply angered me and has remained at the forefront of my mind when creating work ever since. A woman’s body should be honoured, not objectified. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alison Gould
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This series was inspired by a personal memory of throwing stones into the ocean with my father during my childhood. It prompted me to reflect on the factors that evoke our memories—specifically, how a simple object can serve as a catalyst for vivid recollections of shared moments. As a result, this object became the central focus of the series. The series of images seeks to examine the concept of memory, illustrating how recollections are appreciated, preserved, and transmitted across generations. Additionally, it highlights the ways in which we reflect upon the past through reminiscing, while also contemplating the future. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Gaia Aldi
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Un Momento is a quiet photographic series that invites reflection on the value of stillness in a fast-moving world. Rooted in the philosophy of la dolce vita, it explores the question: what benefits might a slower, more intentional life offer today? The project began by documenting scenes traditionally associated with the Italian ideal of beautiful life, then evolved as I applied the same mindset to non-Italian landscapes. Created during a time of personal overwhelm, it became my own pursuit of this philosophy. Each image—misty fields, soft evening light, sunlit village corners—was captured instinctively, without staging, as an act of presence. Inspired by my Italian heritage and photographed across Italy and South West England, the series reflects an ongoing inquiry: Can la dolce vita be a way of being, a mindset that one can carry within, not just a place? . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Holly Brown
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This practice is underpinned by the psychological concept of thin slicing. This concept refers to the way in which we make snap judgements or draw inferences about a person based on minimal visual information. This is a central exploration of how society makes judgments based on these surface level presentations, to see if a change in appearance will change the snap judgments we as humans would make. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lucy Arscott
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The opportunity to photograph women’s sports has exposed systemic inequities. Underrepresentation persists because of cultural norms, gender bias, historical exclusion, minimal media coverage, limited investment, sexualisation, stereotyping, pay gaps, economic disparities, and fewer youth opportunities. I design visual campaigns that amplify female athletes, using dynamic imagery to ignite dialogue and demand reform. These campaigns advocate for equitable funding, facilities and coverage while celebrating athletic excellence rather than appearance. Progress exists, but it is slow and insufficient. By centring achievements and authentic narratives, the work challenges entrenched biases, expands the public imagination, and encourages an inclusive sports culture that affords women equal opportunities. The vision extends to supportive networks, pathways, fair salaries, and sustained storytelling for women athletes. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Laura Smith
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The Quarter-Life Diaries is a photographic exploration of the uncertainty, confusion, and quiet resistance that defines our transitional phases of life. Shot entirely on 35mm film, this project captures unfiltered, everyday moments of my life. Inspired by the concept of the “quarter-life crisis,” this work serves as both a personal diary and a shared narrative. An honest glimpse into the beauty of not having it all figured out. Through memory, vulnerability, and imperfection, I invite you into this visual archive of a life in transition. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ian McCarthy
Arts University Plymouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project focuses on a portrait-driven series that highlights the lived experiences of Wounded, Injured, or Sick (WIS) veterans in the United Kingdom. It particularly emphasises injuries and illnesses that may not be immediately visible. By removing or limiting any visual indicators of injury or illness, the work challenges viewers to reconsider their assumptions about what a WIS veteran truly looks like. Each portrait is accompanied by a first-person account, allowing the veterans to share their own stories. By placing each participant against a consistent dark backdrop, the differences emerge from the individuals themselves, rather than the setting or props. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Aaron Widdowson
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project highlights the concept of ownership within the car community, looking at themes of enthusiasm and identity, by photographing and asking car owners ‘What do cars mean to you?’ To some, it’s just a car — a way to get from A to B. To car enthusiasts, it becomes something more: a legacy on four wheels, built, made, or even restored with passion and persistence, infused with personal history in every mile driven. In this project, it’s more than a car — it’s a dream brought to life, a reflection of countless hours of hard work. Cars have a way of bringing people together, but it’s the shared love and passion that creates a community, each car tells a different story. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Abisha Tharmalingam
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

By His Grace is a series that consists of portraiture inspired by real Christian testimonies. Each image captures moments of vulnerability, transformation, and spiritual encounter, using expression, atmosphere, and presence to reflect the depth of each story. Shot in natural light with a muted palette, the portraits hold a sense of stillness and intimacy, allowing each subject’s presence to quietly speak. The project is rooted in the artist’s own walk with Jesus and a desire to visually communicate the quiet power of God’s love and grace. Through this work, space is created for reflection—inviting viewers to consider the unseen journeys that shape us. By His Grace is both personal and collective, offering a glimpse into lives changed through faith. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Adam West
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Adam West is interested in exploring and capturing landscapes through photography. He investigates how landscapes can show changes and developments in the countryside due to cultural and social interactions. “Imprints of the Outdoors” examines the effects of public exploration of the countryside and identifies the methods used to create long-lasting impressions within the landscape. Examples include how the public has formed new pathways and shortcuts, impromptu bridges made using available resources, and dens built using natural materials that become permanent structures and fixtures of the landscape. This collection of photographs shows how the public reconnects with nature and influences the surroundings. Over time, the structures age and wear, and the next generation creates new structures to form a continuous cycle. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alex Wendes
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I’ve been fascinated by tintypes for a long time. They have a singular nature, where the plates look different, depending on the light they are viewed under. They are unique objects and images, where something vital is lost on digitisation. I very much enjoy the process, how physical using a large format camera is, and the magic of it developing in the chemicals. The physicality of the plates makes them stand out for me, even when I continually made mistakes. I applied this process to a body of work, photographing fellow students. This allowed me to learn the process, get to know them a little better, and also confront my own social anxiety, learning and growing as I worked. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amber Harris
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My work traces the silence between skin and feeling— where touch becomes memory, and absence holds weight. Through self-portraiture and texture, I explore the body as a site of longing, where gestures speak louder than words. Hands reach, hesitate, hold, or hover— capturing the fragile tension between isolation and intimacy. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amy Webb
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project explores space, place, and memory through the concept of psychogeography which examines how environments affect human behaviour. Photography is the tool used to capture this influence revealing both positive and negative effects. The project draws on humanistic geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, who defines space as abstract and impersonal and place as meaningful and secure, evoking the feeling of topophilia. Topophilia is the emotional connection between people and place. To visualise this concept, various individuals were interviewed, describing personal memories that have guided the imagery for the project. Many of the participants recalled childhood experiences, often associated with feelings of warmth, security, and nostalgia, highlighting the deep connections we have to our environment and how experiences can shape the landscape. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Bella Raphael
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

These photos are part of my project ‘Fabric of being’, a fashion-based project which focuses on how femininity is represented through fabric. It looks into the components of fashion and fabric, such as shape, form and colour, and questions how they have been used to portray femininity. Be it through traditional means, like the usage of floral or bow motifs, use of soft and light materials, or via non-traditional means, like adopting typically masculine fashion traits, the project considers the ways in which fashion plays a role in representing femininity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eddie Stenström
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Transgender individuals are losing hope as they face a minimum of 5 years wait time to even be seen at an NHS Gender Dysphoria Clinic (GDC) in the UK. Erin, Sophie, Jakub and Kitty are sharing their experiences of navigating these struggles and how self-medicating is becoming the only salvation from the waiting lists. Made in the context of the photographer's own journey through transitioning, this work aims to shed light on the challenges and uniqueness of transgender journeys. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jai Jansari
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

For Part 1 of my Major Project, I explored the concept of the cinematic within still photography. My aim was to create images that evoke the immersive qualities of film—narrative tension, atmosphere, and emotional depth—through single frames. Inspired by artists such as Jo Lauren, Gregory Crewdson, and David Tuschman, I experimented with cinematic lighting, composition, and staging to craft scenes that suggest a story beyond the frame. I was also influenced by artists like Jeff Wall, whose approach to ‘near-documentary’ blurs fiction and reality. This body of work is an exploration of how photographic stillness can hold the emotional and narrative power typically associated with moving images, inviting viewers to pause, imagine, and feel. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jasmine Akerman
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

200mg & 800mcg is a body of work foucusing on the importance of safe access to professional abortion care. Exploring methods of illegal and at-home abortions to show the dangers of removing access to this care for all women. The title of the work comes from the dosage of mifepristone and misoprostol used in medical abortions. The imagery is a political statement surrounding the current debates of women being allowed to access the safe care that is available. This work aims to make viewers think about the damage removing this care would cause, and implications of taking away safe and controlled access, leading to extreme methods of performing the procedure themselves in a moment of desperation, in unsafe and unclean environments. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lauren Lawler
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Born from a curiosity about my Jamaican heritage, this project reimagines my family archive and combines it with new photography. Initially limited by the number of archival photos, my work expands upon their significance by reinterpreting them through a modern lens. Layering my family photos with my own photography creates dreamlike landscapes that blend the past and the present, demonstrating how identity is always evolving. Having never been to Jamaica, these fictional landscapes speak to the fantasy version of home that children of migrants often create through years of second hand recounts. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Lauren Burch
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This work invites the viewer to confront the complexity of identity and the narrative of the female body. Through this exploration, I challenge the limitations of traditional representation, offering a space where the body can exist outside norms and expectations.. My aim is not only to evoke an emotional resonance that speaks to its inner life, its power and vulnerability. The satirical element adds a level of further dissection as it rebels against the taboo nature of nudity, and the female body. Additionally, I look to Frida Orupabo, whose photographic work disrupts conventional notions of the female body and race. Collage as a medium allows for a dissection of identity, seeking to reclaim agency and a voice through fragmented imagery. As a lesbian, female creative showcasing representation is crucial to my practice. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Nicola De Sa
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In this project I have photographed the houses of my maternal and paternal grandparents in Madeira, Portugal. I have explored themes of memory, absence, and the emotional landscape of family homes. I reflect on the contrast between two spaces shaped by migration, history, and personal connection. Central to the work is the contrast in wealth and the impact of migrating for economic opportunity. My maternal grandparents built their home after returning from South Africa, where they achieved financial stability. In contrast, my paternal grandmother never left Madeira for work, moving part-time to England only after retirement. Her home remains a reflection of the environment she and my father were raised in, while also offering a glimpse into my maternal grandparents’ life before they emigrated. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Paul Coman
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project documents the interiors of homes in a rural Romanian village, capturing the quiet beauty and emotional weight carried within these domestic spaces. Each photograph reflects a way of life shaped by tradition, modesty, and faith. Religious icons, handmade textiles, and everyday objects serve as visual traces of memory and identity, revealing how people adapt and endure in the face of social and economic change. By focusing on the intimate details of home life, the work highlights a cultural atmosphere that is both deeply rooted and slowly fading. It is not just a study of space, but of presence — of the lives that continue quietly, surrounded by the past, and holding on to meaning in subtle, powerful ways. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Robin Shaw
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“Hello Sunshine” is an autobiographical series exploring my queer identity in relation to the English landscape. Over the course of the year, I visited Mouldon Hill in my hometown, Swindon, photographing myself becoming one with the landscape. In playful poses I rebuild a connection to a place I felt indifferent towards, questioning why queer people like myself have been separated from the places we call home. How the English landscape has been dominated by upper class, white, heteronormative groups, where I have always assumed I didn’t have a place. Becoming one, I find a new adoration of this land, the very place I started questioning my gender identity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sophie Wilks
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In my photobook, ‘Where We’re Free’, I delve into the lives of queer individuals and photograph them in spaces where they feel the most freedom and security to fully express themselves, intending to explore the diversification of the phrase ‘safe space’. I conversed with everyone involved about their safe spaces and received a large variation of responses, such as nature, drag shows and their closest friends. Others also highlighted hobbies, including music and art, showcasing the authenticity of each person, and how everyone's definition for a safe space is different. I sought to capture this variety by including diverse individuals and groups to create a series that evokes a sense of comfort and solace in other LGBTQ+ viewers. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ellen Herring
University of Portsmouth - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This series explores the performative nature of femininity and the quiet rituals of vanity through carefully staged, cinematic scenes through the female gaze. Set in domestic and stylized spaces, the work blurs the line between private preparation and public performance, capturing the beauty, mess, and intimacy behind constructed identity. Each frame is deliberately composed to feel both familiar and surreal, evoking the aesthetics of fashion editorials and film stills. Objects, poses, and clutter become narrative devices, suggesting stories of transformation, routine, and self-perception. The project invites viewers to reflect on how femininity is enacted, curated, and perceived within contemporary culture. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Darren Voisey
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Bound Yet Unbroken is a photo series that explores the raw and often unseen feelings of living with anxiety. The viewer is invited into the fragmented and emotionally charged space that anxiety occupies in not just my life, but many others also. This project was born from a need to communicate what words alone could not capture - a desire to share the deep, personal nature of my mental health landscape. At its core, Bound Yet Unbroken is not just about my personal experience but also about fostering empathy and understanding. The series is intended to resonate with those who have felt the weight of mental health struggles, to offer a visual representation of the battles often faced in silence. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Anni Kay
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am a film photographer based in Hulme, Manchester, with a practice rooted in social documentary. My work explores the lives, spaces, and subcultures within the community I grew up in—particularly those connected to the former Hulme Crescents. I use analogue techniques to create intimate, candid portraits that reflect the resilience and vibrancy of grassroots culture. Photography is not just a medium for me, but a method of connection and preservation. By working closely with my subjects, I aim to build trust and represent them with care and authenticity. My practice has led to collaborations with musicians, artists, and festivals, allowing me to extend my documentary approach while continuing to celebrate overlooked communities through a consistently personal lens. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Chester Jones
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In every major city in the UK, there seems to be an unwavering army of intrepid delivery drivers, enduring sleet, snow and rain, facing constant danger day in and day out. In our fast-paced fast-food society, Riders make up the backbone of an entire industry. Yet, to some people, they don’t exist until they are stood on the doorstep. The Riders seem to be a workforce that is ever-present but in some sense invisible. The aim of this project is to combat this, bringing the Riders into the forefront; creating a sense of confrontation with the viewer, and using conventions of traditional portraiture to build a positive counter-narrative. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Rianna Richardson
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My photographic work focuses on the strange and unusual- eclectic, vibrant and dramatic portraiture using props to bring ideas to life physically. I'm obsessed with contrasts, surrealism and building a narrative within my imagery, and I draw inspiration from film, music, poetry and feminist ideals. My current project, ‘Girls, Gore and The Grotesque’ explores correlations between depictions of womanhood and depictions of the monstrous- I am fascinated by the ways in horror that women become creatures, and the freedom that comes with it. Stripped from the need to be perpetually beautiful, demure, nurturing, we get to see women as hungry, powerful and free in ways struggled for in many other depictions in media. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Natasha Williamson
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This is an ongoing project that explores the reality of disability and chronic illness, using a participant-led model that educates people about life with a disability or chronic illness as accurately as possible. This project involves a lot of sensitive topics, so I spent a lot of time carefully researching and curating an ethical model that helps to provide a safe space for myself and the participants, along with anyone who views the work. I believe that the extended research I have done into the different participants, along with capturing them in their desired way, has allowed me to create a project that educates and advocates for disabled and chronically ill individuals with care and compassion. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Pharrell Johnson
University of Salford - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

I am a photographer with a deep passion for film photography, fashion, and street culture. My work is rooted in capturing authenticity—using film to preserve raw textures, rich tones, and a sense of timelessness. I love the unpredictability of the medium, the way light interacts with grain, and the stories hidden in each frame. Fashion is a central theme in my work, but I approach it with a street-level perspective, blending high-end aesthetics with everyday influences. Street culture inspires me—the energy, movement, and individuality of people in urban spaces fuel my creative process. I aim to document not just style, but attitude, character, and mood, creating images that feel immersive and alive. My photography is a reflection of culture as it unfolds. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jacob May
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Contemporary practice rejects the notion that a portrait can tell us anything beyond a surface appearance. Diane Arbus described a portrait as 'the gap between intention and effect' as a way to consider the truth-value claim of the photograph. This sentiment can be applied to a visual representation of friendship, where the interaction between the photographer and their subject helps determine the honesty of an image. 'The Space In Between' uses still and moving-image to explore the physical and emotional space shared by the subject and photographer. Space is used metaphorically as a way of nurturing vulnerability, responding to the stigma of men talking about their feelings. This project reflects on an entangled personal history through a series of conversations. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Hannah Mayne
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

A storage method for memory, yet as unstable as the surface of a receipt, the digital photograph heavily influences our ability to remember, connect and exist. Feeding its way into every home, the visual noise of the screen directs the camera’s next move, bringing order to the upload but disorder to its original purpose. A combination of physical and digital disruption, across these images, probes into the growing cost of our reliance on digital media and the toll it takes on our psyche. Circulating from their original state, photographs are no longer obligated to hold onto the emotions driven behind their creation - yet we believe they must be created in the moment, to retain and store it, for our own record. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Grace Potts
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Humanity and the earth are viscerally interconnected, today that perspective is often disregarded, creating a damaging relationship between us and the natural environment. This project engages with the landscape, to reconnect with it in a tangible way. Landscape photography can shape the understanding of our world, yet there is often a visual gap between observer and observed. Through this visualisation a sense of responsibility is lost, the land is shown as a separate entity, one to be looked at, not related to. 'Fractured Eden' uses abstract landscape imagery remove the gap and discuss the entanglement between humanity and earth. The land is constantly shifting, it's more broken than we realise, and we are more intwined with it than we know. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Amy Lidster
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

A shadow, stitched to every step we take. Limbs dissolve into light, fading into the ether. The body forgets but the shadow lingers. Are we whispers, drifting unseen? A tide without water, a body without weight Do we ripple like breath against silk, or do we dance in a realm beyond sight? We move we blur, never still never gone. Drawing from folklore, Victorian beliefs, and the paranormal’s impact on pop culture and art, 'title of work' explores what may unfold after death. It envisions the soul transcending its physical form, navigating an existence beyond earthly constraints. Through uncanny, timeless effects and fabric-based printing, the piece contemplates the lingering mystery of life beyond the body. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Mark Liversidge
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Political leaders have long sought to control public perception, and the digital age has only amplified this tendency. Today, fame, power, and a prominent social media presence create a distorted image of leaders, often masking a lack of substance and depth. Corrupted is an attempt to show that we need to look below the cracks below the surface and question the authenticity of political identities mediated through the screen in the digital age. Overlaying a pixelated figure onto a historical symbol creates a visual contrast that invites critical engagement and reflection on how shaped perceptions influence our understanding of power. By employing 8-bit imagery and fragmentation, the work contrasts simplicity of the era with the AI-generated visual capabilities of today. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jessica Wood
Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

To look up is to witness the vastness of the universe; to look down is to notice the fine details of the land. Photography helps us understand and experience both. Works by artists like Alfred Stieglitz (Equivalence, 1925–34) and Sophie Ristelhueber (Fait, 1992) show how the camera can challenge our ways of seeing and knowing. In this project, I reflect on how I view the world as a young person living between rural home life and the energy of the city. Being so remote gave me time to observe my surroundings more deeply, something I only fully appreciated after moving to Sheffield. I invite the viewer to use their imagination and question how space is experienced and represented. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Abigail Lee
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Using a documentary-style photographic approach, this series examines the ethical tensions of animal captivity by capturing confined, constructed zoo environments. By photographing the confined enclosures, artificial surfaces, and physical barriers, these images seek to highlight the contrast between animals’ natural behaviors and the limitations imposed on them. Drawing from animal ethics and visual culture, the work questions whether these man-made habitats serve the purposes of conservation or human entertainment. The images reject romanticism, instead revealing the emotional and psychological impacts of captivity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Alyce Hume
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘What Remains’ is a photographic exploration of grief and absence by documenting my late Great Grandad’s home. Through exploring ordinary objects; his walking stick, the empty armchair and the abandoned garden chairs, this work captures the emotional weight of spaces left behind. These images reveal how memory lingers in the everyday as the preserved home becomes a container of suspended time, reflecting the fragmented nature of grief. Rather than offering closure, the work dwells in the quiet tension between presence and absence. What remains invites viewers to consider how loss leaves a lasting imprint not only us, but on spaces we inhabit, and the silent stories held in what’s left behind. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Brianna Johnston
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The flaneur has been a recurring trope in both literature and art. In a world dominated by algorithms and pixelated environments, ‘The Wanderer’, explores this need to explore within the paradigm of a constructed digital space; a video game. Wandering to the outer edges of the virtual landscape the images fuse the tension between the imaginary and the real, truth and post-truth – a tension that articulates current culture and anticipates its future. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Edward Elphick
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

In a single day, every day, every year, for most of my life, I have repeated thirteen activities. Patterns, times, meals, each day duplicates the last; an infinite mirror. This structured plan is the result of my cognitive, emotional and sensory needs as someone who is neurodivergent. The repetition brings order. An Infinite Mirror is a visual representation of these patterns and repetitions. The motifs replicate the thirteen waymarkers that ground my daily experience and form the basis of the endless circular narrative. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eliza Stephens
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Phantom Mirror’ is a new form of AI phototherapy, developed through dialogues with artificial intelligence. It is a way to process my experience caring for my mother, whose dementia is a slow, devastating unravelling of memory and self-identity. During distress, I engage in mini-therapy sessions with AI, not to seek empathy, but to clarify emotions and generate prompts to create images, turning confusion into creativity. This helps me explore a disintegrating world of fragmentation: the loss of recognition, the collapse of time and place, the difficulty of everyday tasks. A profound sequence emerged when my mother no longer recognised my father, William, and he became ‘Fake William’. Through this exchange, ‘Phantom Mirror’ explores how dementia, psychoanalysis, and AI’s neurodivergent logic illuminate one another. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Josie Bradnock
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Living walls are a form of urban planning that integrates nature into architecture, a form of biophilic design. These buildings thus become a living canvas and not defined be the shape of their construction; an eco-system replacing a solid facade. Although each photograph represents these visual juxtapositions they also can be viewed as celebrating forms of sustainability and ecological restoration in the age of the Anthropocene. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Max Martin
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Walk Between the Trees’ depicts the edge of a man-made woodland, Thetford Forest, as dusk turns into the enveloping void of night, an eerie shift I found both haunting and surreal. In this darkness, the forest’s edges blur; paths vanish, and trees become looming figures in a space between dream and nightmare. Using long exposures and selective illumination, my images capture fleeting details and deep shadows, revealing how light, or the absence of it, reshapes our perceptions. This project challenges traditional ideas of rural beauty and invites reflection on how darkness changes not just what we see, but how we feel within the natural world. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Paige Grace
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Temporary’ focuses on the links between the neurodevelopmental condition ADHD and its relation to impulse spending - the inability to manage finances and budget strictly due to the unexpected and usually uncontrollable urge to impulsively spend money. The result is an urge to experience a dopamine rush, or “instant happiness” that is usually temporarily lasting. This process is chronicled by a series of over 100 Polaroids organised as a series of ‘collections’ that I have accumulated throughout my life. Each collection represents the various hyper-fixations, interests and purchases that have informed who I am and the way I connect with the world and others. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Reuben Witcherley
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

My images explore themes of isolation and introspection, reflecting the often unspoken struggles within men’s mental health. A lone figure in a vast landscape such as a man standing alone in the middle of an unfamiliar landscape symbolising emotional distance and internal silence. Minimalist compositions and expansive negative space highlight the burden of solitude and the quiet tension between vulnerability and the pressure to appear strong. Fading light , distant horizons. The blurred silhouettes suggest disconnection, not just from others, but from oneself. These visuals invite reflection on identity, emotional suppression, and the deep, unexpressed need for connection. Through scale, emptiness, and contrast, I create a visual language that resonates with the complexity and quiet resilience of men’s inner lives. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Destiny Hills
University of Suffolk - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘A Diary of Introspection’ explores my teenage body image struggles; concerns about size and stretch marks, scars and excess skin. Central to this series is my journey of self-acceptance, inspired by rediscovering a diary from my teenage years. By using sentences from my diary as AI prompts, its algorithms produced images fused with both introspection and objectivity; a full-figured women representing aspects of alien emotions of self-love, appreciation, awareness and acceptance. This process of combining photography and AI as a psychoanalytical tool has led me on a cathartic journey towards a new awareness, and appreciation of self. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kyslyn Tun
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Margin of Being is a performative series that questions complex identities, and the relationships a specific community can have with their ethnicity, femininity and queerness. Through collaboration, this project considers the personal and external tensions associated with these intersections, and it presents the embodied fluidity of queerness simultaneously with the experiences of those from minority ethnic backgrounds. The conflicting needs for intimacy and safety drive the use of fabric, clothing and embodied expression to enable them to speak with confident movement and embrace their freedom. In contrast, the portraits are a depiction of confrontation and resilience arising from the layers of their selfhood. Situating the subjects in isolated environments illustrates unbelonging, yet amplifies the solidarity in the subjects' shared experiences. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Naomi McClurg
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

A Very Fine House (Mantlepieces) explores society’s focus on domestic perfection using portraiture with archival family photographs. It challenges preconceptions by breaking family cycles. It is created in collaboration with family members through rebellious intrusions that disrupt their home environments. This project takes inspiration from historical portraiture with staging and body language that juxtaposes the formal subject and the chaotic environment. This work breaks down traditional ideals in a destructive, playful manner through expressions and gestures that are reflected in the family archives. These archives span decades which show changing aesthetics of family portraits alongside the evolution of photography itself. A Very Fine House (Mantlepieces) questions perfection and asks why society raises us to be perfect when life is not. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Abigail Hill
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

A Place to Call Home explores the lives of rescue dogs, from trauma to peace. These animals have endured severe suffering, fending for themselves on the streets or confined to a prison-like cell, not knowing what comfort is. This project aims to raise awareness of their suffering while revealing the power of rehoming. Using a large format camera, I photographed the dogs that have been fortunate enough to find love and security and escape the suffering which so many are still experiencing. I captured the lucky few in their most peaceful states without disrupting their dreams. They now sleep in comfort on warm fluffy blankets – a reminder that all animals deserve a second chance and a place to call home. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Bradley Eager
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Decades after the historic Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and ceasefire, Belfast exists in a unique transitional phase. The city has moved beyond the immediate post-conflict period into what can be described as 'Post-Post Conflict' - a complex state where peace has taken root, yet the shadows of the past still influence daily life. "Surface Tension" documents the vibrant visual landscape of Belfast through its graffiti, murals, and photographs that cover the city's walls. These expressions of identity range from spontaneous individual messages scrawled with sharpies to carefully planned political billboards. Through these diverse artistic statements, Belfast has become a living, breathing canvas for its people's voices and stories. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Cathal Hughes
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This project was inspired by the German word Waldeinsamkeit which loosely translates as “the feeling of being alone in the woods”. It is often considered spiritual, encompassing the sensation I experience being surrounded and engulfed by the trees. This project explores the philosophical theme of the sublime and the experience of solitude through the lens of spiritualism and folklore. I used a wide depth of field to capture the feeling of being in the forest and to enhance an otherworldliness to the work, connecting to Irish mythology and the concept of the otherworld. I became a flâneur wandering the forest waiting for the moments of Waldeinsamkeit and the sensation of the sublime. “Not all who wander are lost.” JRR Tolkien . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Eve Dickson
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

‘Nuisance’ explores and seeks to showcase the inner mind of my sibling and the nuances of their neurodivergent brain. I document their individuality and how they interact with their autism and ADHD to navigate what they see as the mundanity of life. I identify with them through being neurodiverse; we share interests in nature walks and seeking patterns in the world around us. The work aims to connect to my siblings’ way of viewing the world around them and how we differ in our visual perspectives on memory. The work displays themes of identity, connection, and the imaginative world of my sibling. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Joseph Bateson
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Portraiture
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) is an internal struggle that I have battled with my entire life. The inability to try new foods has often limited life experiences for me, especially in social environments, creating a barrier between myself and others. I have been the cause of family confusion, pitiful glances and constant battles with my inner thoughts. This series of images is a visual representation of the battle I’ve fought with food and as a result, my own body. Having never found male representation of this disorder, I hope that my series can be of help to not only myself but to others living with either ARFID or any form of eating disorder. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jude Lorenc
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

“The Line” takes focus on the Irish Border, a politically contemptuous topic in recent years which has sparked a lot of debate and tension in the UK and Ireland. In this project, I have travelled along the length of the border, capturing the sights and landscapes along the way in an effort to point out the irony of the border, and the two sides of it being such a fiercely debated topic when in reality the border doesn’t really exist. This project spans the neater length of the border and will cover all corners of it, and the border is included in every one of the pictures, though it does not seem like it. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Kaitlin Murphy
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Below the Surface is a photographic series exploring Lough Neagh, Ireland’s largest freshwater lake. The work highlights the contrast between the Lough’s serene natural beauty and the environmental issues it faces. While some images capture its tranquil, picturesque surface, others expose ecological damage, pollution, and the long-term effects of human activity. The title reflects this duality, what appears peaceful may conceal deeper problems. Through its visuals, the series challenges viewers to look beyond appearances, encouraging reflection on the hidden layers of the landscapes we often overlook. More than a documentation of Lough Neagh’s current state, the project serves as a broader commentary on perception, truth, and the impact of human presence on the natural world. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Megan Hill
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Commercial/Fashion
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Connections is a collaborative photography project featuring 40 portraits of women, created to give back to my community and explore how portraiture can reshape identity. The photographs were made on location or in the studio, utilising colour, shape, and material to add depth and meaning. Each participant responded to a social media call-out and initially connected through their profiles, providing insight into their online identities. They submitted a photo representing how they wished to be seen, and many collaborated with makeup artists or designers, enriching the creative process. Inspired by Cindy Sherman’s Untitled series, the project examines how social media influences modern womanhood. Ultimately, Connections shows how collaboration can powerfully express and redefine identity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Moira S. Bisignano
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

This video installation explores human connection through memory and nostalgia. It confronts society’s capitalist predisposition to hyper-consume and discard obsolete technologies. Shooting and displaying on these technologies challenge our broken value system The footage is shot in a reflexive documentary and home video style, the non-linear, multi-channel narrative plays on our preconceptions of nostalgia, becoming a metaphor for memory’s inherent fragility and susceptibility to external manipulation. This ‘anticipatory nostalgia’ for a time that hasn’t happened redefines how we experience memories over time. The work proposes that obsolete technologies contain a wealth of human connection and memory. The loss of these physical media highlights the potential impact of the digital revolution on how we store, retrieve and re-encounter our memories. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Oliver Galbraith
Ulster University - BA (Hons) Photography with Video
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Genre: Urban/Suburban Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

On the Eastern most coast of Ireland lies a string of towns strewn across the jagged Ards Peninsula. These towns have been left behind to the passage of time and are slowly becoming forgotten. Residents of working age now commute out of the towns daily following the decline of traditional industries. As new technologies emerged the geographically isolated areas struggled to keep up and got left behind. For towns on the Peninsula no-one is ever “just passing through”: there is nowhere to go. Time Registered in Spinning Dials focuses on the landscape of these areas, taking the viewer on a journey along the Peninsula. It comments on the pschogeography and the impact the landscape has on the people left here. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Xristina Castro
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

When we look at the night sky, we are not just seeing stars; we are witnessing time itself. This project explores the relationship between light, time, and memory, drawing from hauntology – the traces of what once was and the echoes of the past that remain. Using cyanotype, a process that captures images through sunlight exposure, and patchwork fabric, this body of work reflects how we piece knowledge together through fragmented histories, materials, and experience. It invites the spectator to reflect on our local and universal place in space and time. The Sublime occupies the oscillating space between distance and proximity. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Cerian Haf-Lloyd
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Echoes in Silence is a deeply personal collection that explores the deaf experience through the lens of Lloyd's own journey. This body of work aims to share the complexities of growing up deaf and the challenges of missing a vital aspect of communication, while navigating a world that often lacks understanding. The project offers viewers a glimpse into Lloyd’s life, highlighting the quiet moments that define the deaf experience - moments frequently overlooked or misunderstood. It encourages empathy and awareness, sparking a larger conversation about the struggles of living without full hearing and advocating for greater inclusion. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Harvey Childs
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Diagnosed as autistic later in life, Childs' work explores the often unseen sensory experiences of the neurodivergent community. Through non-vocal communication, he challenges misconceptions about neurodivergence and highlights the stigma that can lead to feelings of isolation and uncertainty. Veil serves as a self-documentation of Childs' neurodiverse identity, offering a personal reflection on navigating a society designed predominantly for the neurotypical. Using experimental sound visualization techniques, Veil becomes a conduit for the body's response to overstimulation. Through live feeds and dynamic processes, abstract forms emerge as disruptions, mirroring the sensory and cognitive interruptions often experienced by neurodivergent individuals. Veil makes the invisible visible, externalising what is often concealed or stigmatised. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Joshua Williams
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Williams’ project I Cope challenges the frequent misrepresentation of mental health in visual media. Both traditional and contemporary imagery often reduce these experiences to harmful stereotypes. In response, Williams employs experimental photography techniques, including using medication as a medium to create imagery. This unconventional approach reflects the physical and emotional impacts of mental health treatment. Through fragmented, layered visuals, Williams presents a more nuanced perspective on mental health disorders, inviting viewers to reflect on the complexities that are often overlooked in mainstream discourse. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Esme Littlechild
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Through Vessels (2025), a multi-disciplinary project, Littlechild explores the intricate connection between feminine beauty and family heritage. The work invites spectators to reflect on the societal expectations that shape how we perceive and relate to our bodies. Drawing from her own experiences, Littlechild contemplates the pressures of physical appearance and the inevitable anxieties of ageing. Our bodies, shaped by the genes of generations past, serve as vessels through which we live, breathe, and experience the world. Yet, in pursuit of ever-changing beauty ideals, we often alter, modify, and erase these inherited traits, creating a fractured relationship with our physical form: one marked by disconnection and unresolved trauma. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Serena Killen
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Serena Killen’s Memory in Pixels project explores modern music culture by highlighting grassroots bands and local venues. She captures the vibrancy and ‘determination’ of these spaces as they face challenges like rising costs and limited late-night transportation. By sharing these stories, Killen showcases the resilience of the music community and emphasises the need for support in keeping these venues and communities vibrant. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Karsten Obrietan
University of Wales Trinity Saint David - BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

DANCING N01 is shaped by a continuous process of movement and creation. Regardless of whether the artist is satisfied with the outcome of each experiment, Obrietan persists in dancing—an ongoing ritual that drives the transformation of the work. Each piece undergoes cycles of being cut, dyed, sewn, painted, and reworked, reflecting a process of construction through deconstruction and vice versa. This ongoing dialogue between the artist and the natural materials creates a therapeutic exchange, where movement becomes both an act of release and discovery. DANCING N01 explores the significance of leaving marks on the world, contemplating what it means to exist and create within the material landscape we inhabit. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Oscar Dooley
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Staged/Constructed
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Archaeological Evidence of Modern Material Culture presents a fictional reinterpretation of contemporary objects as the remaining traces of our culture. Blurring the lines between what is and what may be, the project treats truth and time as malleable, shifting the recognition of our surroundings into an uncharted and newly excavated history. Cataloguing items from mug trees to water jugs, Archaeological Evidence of Modern Material Culture reimagines how our material possessions could construct a future understanding of our social, religious and cultural structures. Replacing original uses and functions with ritualistic and esoteric significance, the objects photographed are transformed into a collection of unknown ancient artefacts. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Ellie Schuetze
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

The exponential growth of technology is unsettling and could threaten the future of humanity, but the vision sold to us says something different. Acknowledging a contradiction between what technology promises and what it hides, 'So Much Power' presents a dystopian outlook on how technology is advertised. In criticising its claims to make the world a better place, the images provide a tension between working with technology and against it, meanwhile highlighting its subtle imperfections. Through documenting frequent encounters with these advertisements, we are presented with the polished and familiar look of new technologies. In contrast, opening up the infamous iPhone showcases technology in its raw, vulnerable and complex state, exposing a hidden reality. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Sindija Filipusko
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Landscape
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

"You Wouldn’t Harm What Gives You Love" is a photographic exploration of the London Plane tree, known for its resilience and vital role in urban ecosystems. Absorbing up to 850 tonnes of harmful pollutants a year, these trees bear the impact of human activity, responding with protective burls, natural growths formed under stress. Through close-up images, the work invites reflection on how we treat the beings that support us and reveals the surreal beauty that emerges when nature adapts under pressure. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Marina Tsaregorodtseva
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

What does it take to adapt - to move between languages, cultures, or ways of being? These questions resist fixed answers, as transformation is never singular. Transitions unfold gradually, shaped by moments of clarity and doubt. They involve a continual negotiation between resilience and uncertainty, adaptation and loss - an ongoing process of self-construction and erasure. In a world where change is constant, deconstruction becomes not only a method but a condition of contemporary existence. This series explores the emotional complexity of transformation. I translate these shifts into visual form by intuitively bending paper, creating three-dimensional works in which the boundaries between visibility and concealment, shared identity and private self, are blurred. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Giulia Gidoni
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Genre: Documentary/Photojournalism
Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

With my father passing while I was still in my mother’s womb, I spent my life trying to make sense of who this person was. I embarked on a self-reflective journey in search of my dad’s spirit, hoping to encapsulate the odd yet authentic bond between two people who never got the opportunity to know each other. It’s a weird feeling, missing someone you’ve never met. This unexplainable connection grows with me, as I feel closer and more distanced from him all at once. Photography helped reshape what grief means to me, reminding me that the love I carry is where the answers begin. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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Jivan West
University of Westminster - BA (Hons) Photography
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Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:22:38 EDT

Resilience amongst changing landscapes in art and fashion is the focus of Guns of The West. This issue highlights tangible, sustainable practices and practitioners who move beyond typically accepted working methods. From Rachael Louise Bailey’s use of found wool to Lennard Zinn’s hand-shaped bolo ties, Guns of The West tells the story of those whose practices are self-defined and ever-adapting. As Cowboys once survived the unforgiving frontier of the American West, these individuals now navigate instability, environmental degradation, and harmful technologies. Symbols like the Cowboy, Longhorn, and the open landscape connect these artists to the spirit of the West, despite most practicing in London. This magazine is a testament to how embracing tradition, sustainability, and identity help us persevere. . . [ Full Article ▸]

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