Philip Kirk
With my work I have attempted to create a personal response to the systems within which we operate. My images contain a hooded figure who travels through society learning about these systems and attempting to escape them, occupying the liminal spaces to do so. And yet this figure is not only a wanderer, the figure is also essentially a part of me. Where the figure appears it is always played by myself. As well as observing these systems from a distance I, disguised in a black hood and with the aid of long exposures, break into the frame of my own images. Through my work I hope to gain an experience of the world that is not mediated by images, but of personal encounters whilst encouraging others to do the same, all the time whispering 'you can do this too'.
Kevin Bardsley • Tim Berry • Ryan Bonner • Louise Davies • Michelle Huggleston • Donna Jones • Philip Kirk • Jon Lewin • Rachel Loosemore • Tifanny Michel • Chris Montana • Sophy Mutch • Chris Peach • Holly Stirling • Mark White • Sarah Williams • Michael Wincott • Phil Worsley •
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