Laura Foster
Serenity
Addiction is not a choice. Addiction is a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences. Over an estimated half a million people in the UK have alcohol dependency, and are in need of specialist treatment. Less than one-fifth receive help.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ‘Serenity’ aims to confront the harmful stereotypes of addicts and rehabilitation. Documenting all-male Christian-run rehabilitation centre Yeldall Manor, and the day to day lives of its residents, this work becomes a photographic representation of the realities of addiction and recovery within rehab. Rehabilitation is not the prison which so many perceive it, instead it is a sanctuary. An isolated community, keeping those at their most vulnerable safe from the outside world while they recover. This work allowed me to not only show the person behind the illness, but to finally give a voice to those within their journey of recovery. The unseen, misunderstood and ongoing battle of addiction.
Joe Clifford • Catia Cordeiro • Marie‑Lisette Cropp • Alice Dempsey • Laura Foster • Freddy George • Diego Maeso • Francesca McColl • Lily Miles • Danny Ovens • Abbie Platt • Alice Poole • Lucy Slade • Amy Spears • Liz Watts • Archie Wells •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Bedfordshire
BA (Hons) Photographic Practices
Birmingham City University
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Arts University Bournemouth
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University of Brighton
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University of Chester
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Coventry University
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Crawford College of Art & Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Technology University Dublin
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Falmouth University
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Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Contemporary Art
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Communication Design
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
University of Gloucestershire
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Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Hereford College of Arts
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University of Hertfordshire
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University of Huddersfield
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De Montfort University Leicester
BA (Hons) Photography & Video
National College of Art & Design
Cert Photography & Digital Imaging
The Northern School of Art
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Plymouth College of Art
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University of Portsmouth
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Sheffield Hallam University
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University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
University of Suffolk
BA (Hons) Photography