Philippa James
NO BIG DEAL
I’ve been capturing my daughter and friends, their childish wonders and conventional teen aesthetics; rows of rings, scrappy nail varnish, and love hearts…. graffitied love hearts, doodled love hearts, and tattooed love hearts. The heart conveys the desire for romance, but the desire to be desired is complex. The girls want attention, but not harassment. They want to be noticed, not catcalled. They want DMs, not dick pics. A laugh, not rape jokes. In ’21 the government asked Ofsted to commission a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools. No Big Deal reflects on the emotional complexities of girlhood and “those disturbing little moments that wash over you as no big deal.” (Soma Sara, Everyone’s Invited)
Karen Aneiro • Angharad Bache • Jemma Bannocks • Chiara Bellamoli • Kate Carpenter • Darren Clarke • Alan Conteh • Trish Crawford • Steven Dowie • Nick Drewery • Steve Elliott • Gweniver Exton • Dylan Garcia • Chris Hewitson • John Inns • Philippa James • Elaine Jeffrey • Adrian McPherson • Dawna Mueller • Mary Musgrove • Layla Perchal Neal • Tracey Paddison • Rachel Rimell • Jessica Roberts • Ruta Kalmane Saksens • Claire Sargent • Mandy Simpson • Chris Smith • Charlotte Squire • Tracy Tattersall • Alexander Ward • Bernd Wuersching •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
IADT Dún Laoghaire
MRes Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Online)
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography
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