Tag: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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Portrait Photography: A Personal Commission
Recently my sister asked me to take some photographs at a significant time for her and her baby. It felt very special to capture this moment with her and I’m pleased to share one of my favourite images here. A brilliant Associate Professor, writer and wonderful mum, I hope the photos give a glimpse of…
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Photography for The Leathersellers’ Company – Jasneet Singh
Earlier in the year I was really pleased to work with writer Fiona Thompson again to take photographs to accompany another piece she was writing for the Leathersellers’ Company. The article, ‘Building the Dream, From the Ground Up: The Journey From Kabul to UCL‘, which you can read on the Leathersellers’ site, features Civil Engineering undergraduate student…
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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…
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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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Photography for the Leathersellers’ Company: Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools Social Mobility
Earlier this year I was commissioned by the Leathersellers’ Company to photograph an important project they are funding at the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools, for a feature in their annual review. The Leathersellers’ Foundation provides a wide range of funding to UK registered Charities, Educational Institutions and University Students. In 2021-22 they awarded £3,339,511 in charitable and educational grants…
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Photography for Hens – Hen Sweatshirts raising money for the British Hen Welfare Trust
A little while ago, my friend Amy asked if I would be interested in helping with a project she was organising to raise money for the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). Amy was working with woman-owned small businesses to design, make and sell a series of hen sweatshirts to raise money for BHWT, and I was happy to be…
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EXHIBITION: PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AT THE CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM
In the summer I was commissioned to work with the Charles Dickens Museum to create some portraits of participants of a writing workshop they were running in the local community, as part of ‘More! Oliver Twist, Dickens and Stories of the City‘. The participants worked with members of the Education Team to create ‘Tales from the Third Age…
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Photography for Contemporary Applied Arts – Ali Holloway: Commons – the rhythm of a walk
Last autumn I was commissioned by Contemporary Applied Arts gallery (CAA) to photograph textile artist Ali Hollowayat work on her pieces for her exhibition ‘Commons: the rhythm of a walk‘. Commons is inspired by the walks Ali was taking during lockdown, and takes the sounds from these walks and translates them into pattern and texture in textiles. It was…