Alison Barton
He Was My Father
"So what is the work that mourning performs?" (Sigmund Freud). Freud describes the human need to counter balance loss in life by holding on to the lost one through any means possible. The ego cannot be free and uninhibited until the 'Mourning Work' is completed. This selection of images is part of my 'Mourning Work'. In grieving it is difficult to undertake any task which is not related to remembering the lost one. Holding onto any trace of them is important. Taking detailed studies of hand written letters sent to me by my Father has allowed me to keep traces of him permanently in my world. They have become a substitute for what I have lost.
Kate Atkin • Krishula Auckland • Kimberley Balsdon • Sarah-Kate Banham • Alison Barton • Lucy Blowers • Hannah Boardman • Adam Boon • Esther Boullier • Joanne Buckley • Benjamin Burt • Sarah Bustamante-Brauning • Abigail Chilton • Ruby Dhalay • Natasha Drewnicki • Katie Lee Dunbar • Kayleigh Emberley • Sam Hofman • Ryan Hopkinson • Louise Hunt • Elizabeth Ingmire • Rosie Lamb • Dean Leivers • Holly Morrison • Dean Myatt • Lorna Jane Newman • Deborah Royle • Melanie Salisbury • Ross Sanderson • Lindsey Skinner • Tom Ward • Emma Westcott •
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Editorial Photography
Camberwell College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Cleveland College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Photography
University College Falmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University College Falmouth
MA Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
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London College of Communication
Graduate Diploma Digital Lens Based Image-Making
London College of Communication
MA Photography
University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Photographic Arts
University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
University of Portsmouth
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Central Saint Martins
MA Communication Design - Photography Route
Swansea Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts / Photojournalism