A modern photographic reaction to memory and sociology in geography. Photographic artist and lecturer Nicholas Priest talks to us about his photobook Stadt Fabre (City Colour) where he explores Birmingham, UK photographically.
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Semi Zine talks to Cath Garvey. Through satirical illustrations artist Cath Garvey creates discourse on mental health and modern female sociology. Her work aims to quietly empower women and also offer humour through surrealism on very real subjects.
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Exploring and offering discourse through narrative on the women in Jane Austen's England. Ladies of Pemberley reveals the researched semiology on the female role of women in Austen's books as discovered by photographic artist Megan Ogden.
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Capturing the subtle comedy of the banal and urban sociology we spoke to UK photographer Pete Hammond on his recent photobook All Things Bleak & Beautiful Vol. 1. A contemporary archive of surreal banality.
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Documenting a highly subjective and photographic reaction to the male struggle with mental health illness Hue Hale creates a body of work called He Suffers with His Nerves, in his own words the work is constructive reaction out of something difficult. Using photography as a facility to heal.
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East London based portrait and documentary photographer Bettina Adela talks to us about her work and practice, what inspires her and what she aims to achieve through her artwork via the exploration and representation of black narrative.
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Inspired by the concept of anthropocene and evolving through discursive collaboration UK graduating photographic artist Paige Middleton has created a contemporary, abstracted body of work to highlight the human ecological impact on our surroundings.
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Graduate multidisciplinary artist Loraine Lynn or Loranitude has recontextualised everyday objects to challenge the concept of tradition and binary definitions within sociology. Redefining their place in space.
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Klavdia Balampanidou talks to us about her intimate photographic series on self reflection; using photography as a tool to overcome and bring to light the affliction of mental illness.
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London based portrait photographer Lizzy Nicholson talks to us about her views on modern fashion photography and why she's determined to break down fascism within the industry. Her portraiture celebrates real people and avoids archetypes. Enter Lizzy Nicholson - the post modern photographic activist.
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Graduate, writer and published photographic artist Stephen Shaw considers the social, urban and domestic semiology within an estate in Blackpool where he grew up. This body of work aims to deconstruct life on the fringes and bring to light the poetic value found within the community. Using a unique inside perspective to capture the place where he grew up.
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Creating female empowerment centred work through a post modern dybbuk utilising photography and performance Vain VVitch creates an accessible medium for women to create their own strong contemporary voice within the confines of art.
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Iggy Smalls, a Norwegian born photographic artist but otherwise currently internationally renowned and practicing visual storyteller, talks to us about her recent work in Gibraltar, Spain. Delivering a narrative reflective of the space surrounding her, the cultural environment and the people.
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A mature and conceptually strong body of work from Krasimira Butseva, a Bulgarian born, UK based visual artist working with archive and memory. She talks about her series Balkan Ours - a series offering discourse on past Bulgarian atrocities committed through their past communist regime.
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Visual artist Andreea Andrei talks us through her archival polaroid work, capturing her close friends and strangers with an editorial flair and a strong narrative. Her polaroids capture ephemera and momentary nuances within a portrait, these qualities are mirrored well in the medium she's chosen to work with giving this work a strong conceptual backbone.
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Sofia Velasquez, a Berlin based visual artist, talks about her photobook Fernbeziehungen. - an unapologetically subjective documentation of personal recollections in the form of short narratives. Her work reflects her ideas on memory, youth, space and existentialism.
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Visual and street artist Shane O'Malley spoke to us about his work Duality. A series of geometric colour collages creating fragmented whole shapes. The series mimics the frailty and fragmentation of his own mind while trying to dealing with his own mental health issues.
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French photographic artist Helene Antorini spoke to us about her recent work Hubris. A photographic body of work depicting the greed of men and it's influence on nature. Through the use of allegory and semiotics comes a sombre narrative on the Greek term Hubris - an excessive self pride or confidence; a term used in Greek tragedy to denote mans defiance of the Gods.
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Russian born, German photographic artist Natalia Danner talks to us about her work on Environmental Urban Exercises and how the ongoing project seeks to externalise the subjective beauty found in urban environments. Instead of focusing on grand architectural giants Danner looks for isolated street corners which carry a subdued beauty in their design.
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Italian visual, performance and photographic artist Lucilla Bellini talks to us about her series My Name is Lolita. A discursive photographic performance questioning the ideals of beauty within modern media and how those ideals define female representation.
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