Melanie Issaka
Locating The Personal
‘Locating The Personal’ investigates visibility and colonial alienation within the Black community. A series of self-portraits, these images question the representation of Black women within photography.Exploring the spaces I occupy and generate, confronting the materiality of my hair and body, I created images which blur the lines between the self and the other. In moments of stillness, from milliseconds to hours, I strike a pose and imprint myself onto photographic surfaces. Through encounters with material, I mark my presence. In negotiating between personal levels of visibility, I claim space. As I lie on photographic materials I am brought into focus. Referencing intersections of Race and Gender, the photograph itself is used as a discursive and dynamic space for discourse.
David Allison • Junwei Chen • Yuanbo Chen • Alexandra Diez de Rivera • Melanie Issaka • Kyungchan Jung • Eman Khokhar • Claire Sunho Lee • Zhihang Li • Jiaxin Liang • Emil Lombardo • Paavo Lyle-Smythe • Luc Schol • Rita Silva • Kirsty Sim • Svetlana Talanova • Gökhan Tanrıöver • An Ting Teng • Ruudu Ulas • Veronica Viacava • Ignas Vincerzevskis • Wenxuan Wang • Jimmi Wing Ka Ho • Myro Wulff • Bing Ye •
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