Category: PERSONAL PROJECTS
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HOME / WORK Project: Angela Godwin
Home / Work is a project documenting people who work from home/live where they work. It’s a project I started in 2016 when I was meeting people running a wide range of fascinating businesses from their homes. I am interested in how people create these workspaces and how the lines between home and work are…
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Notes on my DYCP: Reflections on Developing My Creative Practice
In November 2023 I was awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant from Arts Council England. It was a huge privilege to receive and something I still can’t quite believe now. As a freelancer it’s easy to get consumed with the day-to-day and taking time to work on learning new skills and experiment with…
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HOME / WORK Project: Beverley Garrod
Home / Work is a project documenting people who work from home/live where they work. It’s a project I started in 2016 when I was meeting people running a wide range of fascinating businesses from their homes. I am interested in how people create these workspaces and how the lines between home and work are…
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EXHIBITION: SUMMER OPEN EXHIBITION AT THE MINORIES
I’m really pleased to be exhibiting a piece in the Summer Open Exhibition at The Minories gallery in Colchester. Featuring artworks by over 200 artists from across the UK and in a variety of media, the exhibition is taking over the entire Minories building until Sunday 11 August 2024. Make sure you visit if you can –…
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THE CUBE: A PROJECT DURING THE UAL SHORT COURSE IN PHOTOJOURNALISM
As part of my Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award from Arts Council England, I took a short course in Photojournalism at University of the Arts, London (UAL). This is the project I developed during that 3 day course. Looking down from the LCC Tower in Elephant and Castle I was intrigued by the metal box in…
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Developing my Creative Practice: Short courses to hone my skills
As part of my Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award from Arts Council England, I have recently taken two short courses at University of the Arts, London (UAL): Portrait Photography with Peter Cattrell and Photojournalism with Teri Pengilley. My aim in this period of development is work on my storytelling to take on more documentary photography work and I felt that having some time out…
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Developing My Creative Practice
I’m over the moon to share that I have been awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award from Arts Council England! Learning new skills, getting guidance from other professionals and taking time to experiment with new ideas is so important but often difficult to do in practice. This funding allows me to dedicate time to my…
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Notes and photographs on Travel
Recently I’ve been very fortunate to do some travelling, which as I’m sure you can imagine has resulted in a huge amount of photographs, all of which need processing. It’s been nice on these colder days to wrap up warm and relive my trips through images. Every time we go on a trip we do…
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TRIVIAL MATTER
Making time for personal projects is always tricky – when things are busy it’s hard to find the time, and sometimes there’s just a bit of an ebb and flow in creativity. So instead of working on a specific project for a set period my approach more recently has been to have several things just…
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Exhibition: Your Body Belongs to You, Shutter Hub
Shutter Hub’s latest exhibition, YOUR BODY BELONGS TO YOU, opened this week and runs for six months from 18 April – 18 September 2022. Showcasing almost 100 photographers, and over 200 images, YOUR BODY BELONGS TO YOU brings together women and non-binary photographers from around the world in a selected exhibition and promotes the future of…