Tom Forbes
Common Side Effects
‘Common side effects’ explores the reality of breakups that men experience. This project focuses on the mental struggle that some men face but are shut off from expressing due to social norms. This project aims to eliminate these barriers and express the truth behind the issue, using photography as a form of communication for the words that cannot be spoken. Based upon personal experience, ’Common side effects’ invites you to the complexities of masculinity and how the barriers of ‘man up’ and ‘men don’t cry’ only seek to put down men in an already vulnerable position, and how these social norms separate men from seeking help they might need for fear of being ‘un-masculine’.
Maisie Bourdon • Leo Coning • Nathan Evans • Jess Findell • Tom Forbes • Tawnie Howard • Jack Hughes • Ellie Jones • Siobhan McCreight • Lucy Morgan • Rebekah Morris • Chloe Payne • Elanor Plant • Olivia Ware • Casey Williams •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Cardiff Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
TU Dublin
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Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
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Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Communication Design
Goldsmiths University of London
BA (Hons) Media and Communications
University of Hertfordshire
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography
Kingston University London
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Lancashire
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds Trinity University
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
London South Bank University
BA (Hons) Photography
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Greater Manchester
BA (Hons) Photography
Middlesex University
BA (Hons) Photography
National College of Art and Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
Pearse College of Further Education
QQI Level 6 Photography
Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Salford
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Suffolk
BA (Hons) Photography
Ulster University
BA (Hons) Photography with Video
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism