David Nugent
Rhubarb
Through my work I explore identity and escapism. I question the extent that appropriated characteristics and performed roles play in our understanding of the self and others. To investigate this I set up scenarios for play. I often meet strangers on-line through acting/modeling websites; I provide them with clothing for dress-up, dialogue from their favorite TV shows, songs - and photograph the resulting performance. To further exaggerate the fantasy nature of my work I utilize techniques associated with commercial photography, such as airbrushing, and often appropriate images from various sources of mass media. I aim to draw out and question the extent that we use mass media as a source for escapism, personality formation, and cultural understanding.
Ian Allen • Bobby Barbour • Alan Bennett • Anna Formela • Ray Hegarty • Sonja Kroll • Jose Carlos Lorenzo • Marta Luczak • Fiona Lyons • Karl Martini • David Nugent • Jurga Rakau • Karen Ann Tierney •
Barking and Dagenham College
BA (Hons) Photography
Blackpool and the Fylde College
BA (Hons) Photography
Mid Cheshire College
FDA Contemporary Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
De Montfort University
BA (Hons) Photography and Video
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
BA (Hons) Photography and Film
University College Falmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University for the Creative Arts Farnham
BA (Hons) Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Gloucestershire
BA (Hons) Fine Art - Photography
Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University
BA (Hons) Photographic and Electronic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media (Part Time)
Hereford College of Arts, University of Wales
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Central Lancashire
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Liverpool John Moores University
BA (Hons) Photography
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
The National College of Art & Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography