Anna Luk
The Thing Itself
My practice explores the ontology of photography by pursuing qualities typically tethered to painting and sculpture. I work with the materiality and the ability of the medium to not only depict an external subject but also record the physical actions exerted on it. Each photograph is created in the darkroom using a cameraless process to distil the medium down to its fundamental elements of light, time and light-sensitivity. Using a handmade ‘negative’, I combine the gestural mark making capabilities of painting with photography. Despite the increased recognition of its ‘expansion’, photography is typically perceived solely as a two-dimensional, indexical representation. Its material qualities and capacity to render visible the signs of its own making are often overlooked.
Emma Birdsall • Lauren Burfield • Rebekah Dashwood • Lisa Doyle • Tori Foster • Maya Hall • Meghan Hayes • Callum Howard • Julia Hutton-Attenborough • Lucy Kane • Anna Kupchenko • Saffron Laishley • Anna Luk • Sam Megilley • Ben Parker • Emily Peacock • Sophie Phillips • Dominic Rees • Eve Saunders • Stuart Taylor • Amy Trott • Stani Vaseva • Lily Wills • Tara Wood •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
Blackpool School of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
University for the Creative Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
University Centre Colchester School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Coventry University
BA (Hons) Photography
University Of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
BA (Hons) Photography
Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
City of Glasgow College
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Gloucestershire
BA (Hons) Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds Arts University
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography, Film and Video
Lincoln University
BA (Hons) Photography
London College of Communication
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
London Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
Manchester School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Middlesex University
BA (Hons) Photography
National College of Art and Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
The Northern School of Art
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography
Open College of the Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Pearse College of Further Education
QQI Level 5 & 6 Photography
Plymouth College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography / BA (Hons) Photography
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Photography
University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
University of Suffolk
BA (Hons) Photography
TU Dublin
BA (Hons) Photography
Ulster University
BA (Hons) Photography with Video
University of Westminster
BA (Hons) Photography