Martin Bardell
Social interaction lies at the core of my staged tableau photographs. I am preoccupied by how people treat one another within society, especially strangers in public. In particular I find the generic roles that people adopt in various social situations fascinating, and thoughts about how such skills may be learnt, rehearsed or inherently acquired even more so. The analogy of 'Life as Theatre' offered by some sociological approaches resonates within my work and the aesthetic of an ambiguous rehearsal refers to our 'stage-management' of social situations.
Peter Ainsworth • Christian Alegria • Martin Bardell • Debby Besford • Manuel Capurso • Nicholas Chee • Hee Seung Chung • Ania Dabrowska • Hannah Dakin • Susana Espana Amed • Caroline Furneaux • Vron Harris • Sam Holden • Jesus Jimenez • Jochen Klein • Katarzyna Lason • Carol Sachs • Marianna Saraslanidou • Alan Shepherd • Rita Soromenho • Nick Stonehouse • Darren T. Elliott • Susan Truseler • Gill Vaux •
Camberwell College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Cleveland College of Art & Design
BA (Hons) Photography
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Photography