Matt Taylor
At its core, my work is concerned with control. Specifically: aesthetic exemplars of control within the British landscape. Interventions, alterations, modifications and interruptions all act as indicators of human intent. "Affordable Renders" is the result of a period of research on temporary structures of control, such as barriers, signage and borders and their role in shaping new-build settlements within the rural British landscape. These settlements utilise a tribal application of colour; dividing and dominating their surroundings. They strive to outwardly project self-assurance, security and unflinching stability in an accelerated housing climate. These spaces lack civic structures. Isolated and separated from infrastructure, they are transient environments; caught in flux between hopeful aspiration and resigned acceptance.
Erola Arcalis • Theo Ellison • Victoria Fornieles • Miyoung Kim • Ben McDonnell • Matt Taylor •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
Manchester Metropolitan University
MA/MFA Photography
Plymouth College of Art
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography
University of Westminster
MA Photography Arts
University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography and Photojournalism