Megan Mizon
Behind Closed Doors
Photographer Megan Mizon, originally from East Yorkshire, has created a practice that has developed beyond a dominant interest in portraiture. Black Lives Matter protests, triggered by the murder of George Floyd in the USA, occurred in her home city and informed her latest work. When her friends spoke out of their own racist encounters, Megan realised prejudice and discrimination were far more prevalent than represented. Her current body of work sees Megan return to the predominantly white spaces she grew up in. By photographing within quiet, familiar domestic spaces, Megan began conversations that prompted occupants to question their attitudes towards racism. Behind closed doors, in the private rather than public spaces of protest and activism, the work suggests change is often slow but often must be brought to the site of our reality in order to move outwards and recognise the reality of others.
Kieron Bailey • Broderick Lee Coursey • Adam Yahya Davies • Harry Hitchcock • Indigo Johnson • Annabelle Knott • Morgan McMahon • Megan Mizon • Elizabeth Sarah Patter • Georgia Stanley • Kathleen Stewart • Hennie Swan • Becky Warren •
Arts University Bournemouth
MA Photography
University of Brighton
MA Photography
University of Derby
MA Film and Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography