BA Photography Arts University Plymouth

We have some great workshops running today with BA Photography and BA Commercial Photography from alumni Photographers Margo Ryszczuk + Maciej and Kinga Krzyminscy

Y1 & 2 BA Photography students are staging an exhibition of their work at PCA. The show opens on Thursday 26th from 16.00 - 18.00. Come along and see some of the great work on show, or check out their Instagram .pca

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Student Awards – AOP Awards The 2022 AOP Student Awards promise to be yet another exciting year for entries. An inspiring celebration of the very best in student photography, the AOP Student Awards can help in providing you with that all important step up to, and visibility in, the professional arena.

A big thank you to PRSD for the article on the PCA BA Photography exhibition, at Positive Lights Project in Exeter.

The show is now in full swing and is free to attend. If you're in Exeter this weekend it's well worth a visit. Pop in and meet the artists.

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PCA Photographers at Positive Lights Project - the PRSD Photographers from Plymouth College of Art’s BA (Hons) Photography degree course will have a show in Exeter at The Positive Light Projects

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Athens Photo Festival – Athens Photo Festival 2020 Athens Photo Festival is a leading international festival of photography and visual culture. Constantly reinventing itself, Athens Photo Festival, furthers its long-standing commitment to encouraging diversity, inclusion, creativity, and critical thinking, with the aim to challenge the boundaries an...

Niamh Whisker (she/her) - Region of Discontent

In her project, Region of Discontent, Niamh explores parts of the North East of England that were most affected by deindustrialisation. The series specifically focuses on the area of Sunderland, where her father’s family are from. Niamh photographs locations where heavy industry work was most prevalent and chose to capture how these areas have recovered from the effects of Thatcherism by documenting what is in place now, compared to what once was. Niamh has created cyanotype prints of her work, linking the characteristic blue of that process to the waters of River Wear, in Sunderland that connects all of her chosen locations together.

Instagram: lighthousecollective

Lauren Tossell (she/her) – Declowning

In her project, Declowning, Lauren engages in role play, symbolising the clown who ‘feels a fool’. She examines her own experience of allowing herself to be sexualised in the past and of changing herself to fit in with what she thought would make her more desirable to men and to please the male gaze. Now being a gay adult, she reflects upon her early teen years and uses her photography to openly question societal norms of that period.

Instagram: lighthousecollective

Hayley Bennett – Bennett 04

With her project Bennett 04 Hayley explores notions of presence and absence created by the conditions of incarceration. The project explores her experience of the loss of her relationship with her absent father through enforced separation. The work is an assemblage which documents her father’s previous life through his everyday possessions and the personal effects left behind from his military days, his former hobbies and objects from his attic and tool shed. Hayley juxtaposes the past with her father’s present circumstances within the work. In a collaborative aspect of the project her father has contributed personal drawings, letters and conversations that reflect the status of their relationship, thereby providing an insight to the personal impact this separation has had on them both.

Website: www.hayleybennettphotography.com/
Instagram: hayley_bennett_photographlighthousecollective

Gabriella Sorgente – “Beauty”

Gabriella Sorgente’s body of work is a response to her experiences of marginalisation in response to appearance. The artist herself has polycystic ovaries, that results in excessive body hair which, even in contemporary society, she believes is viewed as ‘ugly’. Her project, “Beauty”, is inspired by both historical and contemporary standards of beauty as she seeks to understand societal and cultural expectations. Within this series Gabriella aims to celebrate difference and to challenge societal norms.

Instagram: .s_photography2_
Facebook: Gaby’s Photography lighthousecollective

Debora Terreiros – Pain and Beauty

Revealing aspects of mental pain and insecurity, Debora uses herself to remember historically, and in the present moment, her complex relationship with her own body. The series Pain and Beauty reveals a powerful shift in Debora’s perception of her physical self and a movement towards self-acceptance.

Instagram: .terreiros.photographylighthousecollective

Irina Silva – Woman Pressure

Woman Pressure focuses on the reality of growing up in the age of social media and its unrealistic representations of the female body. In this series Irina tackles themes such as mental health and body image. She shares her own insecurities and seeks to connect with others whose experiences may reflect her own.

Instagram: lighthousecollective

Kieran Lewis - Kernow

Kieran’s work attempts to highlight what he sees as political injustice in his native Cornwall. Having grown up in the county, he has witnessed the divide between locals and second-home owners grow increasingly in recent years. This has been the impetus for his project Kernow. In this work Kieran seeks to explore the rising political tensions in Cornwall as the housing crisis puts a strain on the county. The aim of the work and the accompanying book is to fundraise for homelessness charities in Cornwall. 100% of the profits from each book sale will go directly to support the homeless via the charity Emmaus.

https://kieran.photos/
Instagram: lighthousecollective

Fern Ward (they/them) – Just a Plaything

Fern’s project ‘Just a Plaything’ explores their finally stages of recovery following the experience of a sexual assault at the age of 15. This project explores the relationship they have with their feminine body and the process of questioning why that body creates such sexualised fantasies. The work uses a combination of both photographic practices and woodworking to create an interactive piece, much like wooden alphabet block toys for children. The viewer is encouraged to touch the work and move it around, thereby inviting them to question and explore the comparison Fern is making of their body to children’s toys.

www.fernward.comlighthousecollective

Jaymee Lewis (she/her) – Descent into Madness

Jaymee uses her photographic practice to examine the inner battles of mental health. Her project, Descent into Madness, explores the deep routed trauma she has been dealing with for much of her life, but specifically the last 12 months, during which time she suffered a mental health crisis. This series explores healing through embracing the subject of phototherapy. Jaymee uses self-portraiture, alongside alternative film practice to bring her story to life. The work for this project has given Jaymee a tool with which to contemplate her experiences through her personal practice, thereby affording her an effective avenue for healing and a reason for future optimism.

Instagram: lighthousecollective

Kirsty Sewell (she/her) - Chaos Of Life

In her childhood Kirsty struggled to comprehend what she was thinking. She found visual imagery was the perfect tool to begin to understand and decipher her feelings.
In her Chaos Of Life series Kirsty explores her own experiences with Anxiety and Depression. The project has produced a personal narrative utilising visual metaphors to represent aspects of her mental health to explore her emotions and thoughts.

Website: www.ksphotography10.com
Instagram: Kirsty_Sewell_Photographylighthousecollective

Mia Hollywood (she/her) - The Cafe Series

In The Cafe Series, Mia has captured the characters and interests of the people that frequent Prime Cafe Bar in Plymouth. The cafe is her local coffee spot, as well as her place of work. After starting work in the cafe in 2021, Mia felt a strong sense of community between herself, the staff, and the customers in the cafe, through a combined passion for sharing stories and creative energy. Mia wanted to capture the essence of Prime and the wonderful people that visit the cafe. She has taken inspiration from American painter Edward Hopper to stage intimate portraits of the various people she has met over the past year there.

Website: miahollywood.com
Instagram: lighthousecollective

Harry McCallum (he/him) – We, The Q***r

We, The Q***r looks at the LGBTQ+ community in the Southwest of England. This project documents individuals within their immediate domestic spaces and focuses primarily on the theme of q***r loneliness. It also attempts to highlight the lack of government funding in mental health services and the absence of safe spaces to support LGBTQ+ communities. Ultimately, Harry would like his work to spark conversations regarding notions of difference in contemporary society.

www.harrymccallum.com
Instagram: .photographylighthousecollective

Daniel Dayment – Natural Progress

Daniel Dayment’s project focuses on the human relationship between land and life. His work explores ideas of meditated states in the landscape whilst also exploring individuals in the natural world. Natural Progress is a term that Daniel has created for this series to describe the journey that one is on to find ultimate happiness and connection within life and the natural world.
Website: www.danieldayment.co.uk
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Meet the Artists

Graduating students from our BA (Hons) Photography course, The Lighthouse Collective, are showcasing their final projects in an exciting exhibition at the Positive Lights Project in Exeter from 13th to 17th May. The show is free and open to all. Over the next day or two we will be introducing you to the artists and some of the work you can see at their show. More information can be found on their website: https://www.baphotographypca.com, .lighthousecollective

Our talented Year 3 students are staging an exhibition of their final work next week at The Positive Lights Project in Exeter. The show runs from 13th - 17th May. Please come along and see their fantastic work. All details included on the attached poster.

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Mohini Chandra - Belated | New Artist Commission Mohini Chandra offers a visual mediation on community, place and belonging during the global pandemic, part of Autograph's commissioning project Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other.

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