JAYNE LLOYD

PHOTOGRAPHER

'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph of a person in a blue dress with a rainbow lanyard around their neck and long dark hair. The are standing on a wooden floor in front of a glass barrier with a large rectangular opening in the wall behind, through which you can see through to shelves in bookshop and a neon sign that says 'YOU BELONG HERE' in a circle on the wall in the distance.

Photography for The Leathersellers’ Company – The Class Ceiling exhibition portraits

In February I was really pleased to work with writer Fiona Thompson to take photographs to illustrate a piece she was writing on social mobility for the Leathersellers’ Company. The article, which you can read on the Leathersellers’ site, looks at ‘The Class Ceiling’, a photography exhibition at John Hansard Gallery, part of the University of Southampton. The Class Ceiling celebrates the working class and explores the barriers of class in higher education. 

I was really pleased to have opportunity to visit the exhibition, which featured wonderful photographs submitted by university students, staff and alumni who come from a working class background, and to meet Melissa and Liam, two of the participants.

Below are some of the photographs from the commission, but I do encourage you to read Fiona’s article to get the full story.

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'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph shows a white-walled gallery space with a staircase to the left with a glass barrier alongside and text on the wall at the top of it, photographs in black frames mounted on the wall to the right and facing the camera, a grey door on the right of the far wall, lights on a track in the ceiling above and a dark wooden floor below.
'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph of a person with dark hair in a bun, wearing a patterned shacket and blue jumper with jeans. They are sitting on a concrete bench and behind them is a road and a large contemporary building with 'John Hansard Gallery, CITY EYE' in large white letters above the glass entrance.
'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph of two people, one to the left with long dark hair wearing a blue dress, the other to the right with dark hair in a bun, wearing a patterned shacket and blue jumper with jeans. They are leaning on a glass barrier and behind them is a white-walled gallery with photographs in black frames mounted on the wall.
'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph of two people smiling and chatting standing outside glass doors with colourful text and signage adhered to them. The person to the left is gesturing with their hands, has dark hair in a bun, wearing a patterned shacket and blue jumper with jeans and the person to the right is tucking their long dark hair behind their ear in the wind, wearing a patchwork style green jacket with blue dress and brown cross-body bag.
'The Class Ceiling' photography exhibition produced and curated by the University of Southampton’s Social Mobility Network at John Hansard Gallery. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for The Leathersellers' Company. Photograph taken across a paved square of a large contemporary building with 'John Hansard Gallery, CITY EYE' in white letters on the glass front. Above is blue sky with clouds and to the left is a bare tree.

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