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GRADUATE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ONLINE 2014

Adam Byra

Auto-portrait

The photographic portrait has been a fundamental tool for anyone wishing to identify and control groups of people. With recent technological developments like the internet, virtual reality and the birth of biometric technologies, the nature of portraiture as excercised by institutions has undergone a significant change. It is now possible to cross UK border without facing an immigration officer. Well known smartphones incorporate fingerprint scanning in their latest products, and many private companies control the access to their bulidings and facilities with technologies such as iris recognition. Auto-portrait is a direct inquiry into what the institutional portrait is now becoming, its effect on the boundary between the physical body and virtual self. Ultimately, what does identity mean today?

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‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris code)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #3 (hand veins)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (blood sample)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (DNA bands)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster

‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris code)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #3 (hand veins)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (blood sample)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (DNA bands)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster

‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #2 (iris code)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #3 (hand veins)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (blood sample)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster‘Auto-portrait #6 (DNA bands)’ - Adam Byra - University of Westminster

Current Course:

University of Westminster  MA Photographic Studies

Meg Beaumont • Max Bwire • Adam Byra • Maria Falconer • Davy Jones • Inès Lion • Sunsun Liu • Tom Marsh • Mariah Skellorn • Wilf Speller • Sarah Tehan • Louise Wiklund • Alia Zapparova • Umit Zeytincioglu •

Courses:

University of Brighton
MA Photography

Central Saint Martins
MA Photography

De Montfort University
MA Photography

Goldsmiths University of London
MA Photography: The Image and Electronic Arts

London College of Communication
MA Photography

London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Part-time/Online mode)

Manchester School of Art - MMU
MA Photography

Plymouth University
MA Photography

UCA Rochester
MA Photography

Royal College of Art
MA Photography

University of Ulster
MFA Photography

University of Westminster
MA Photographic Studies

University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography & Photojournalism

Categories:

Documentary/Photojournalism

Pages:123

Landscape

Pages:12

Portraiture

Pages:12

Staged/Constructed

Pages:1234

Urban/Suburban Landscape

Pages:1