Recent Graduate's work in The National Student magazine's Identity Issue

Work by 2017 Graduate Sylwia Dylewska appears in the latest issue of The National Student magazine. Click below for the magazine's digital edition and see Sylwia's work on page 45.

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Recent work from BA Photography Major Project 2017

A selection of work from this years BA Photography Major Project is currently on view on the screens of the Basement Project Space at Cambridge School of Art until 14th October 2017. The exhibition includes work by the following artists and more.

Amber Schormans

Alana Martin

Alex Odaryuk

Anna Kressler

Patryk Majewski

Neo Gilder

Jekaterina Leoncika

Julia Seavill

Oliver Cross (BA Photography Third Year) Shows Video at ICA, London

Congratulations Oliver Cross! On 17 March 2017 Drake Music hosted a special event showcasing a series of original commissions as part of its Connect and Collaborate programme working with disabled artists. The event took place at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Oliver's video 'Hometown' accompanied a jazz-influenced free form classical piece and was describe by one reviewer as 'beautiful' and 'stunning'. Please the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j6VZCApt1M&feature=youtu.be

REVIEW:

http://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/drake-music-dm-resonate-let-music-play/

Recent Exhibition by Karen Hutchins (MA PHotography 2016)

Congratulations to MA Photography graduate Karen Hutchins who had her MA projects 'Quantum Leap' and 'A Dancer Dies Twice' where on display at the Town Gate Theatre in Basildon from the end of November to the end of February. A tour of this exhibition to further theatre venues is planned for the future.

A Dancer Dies Twice

“A dancer, more than any other human being, dies two deaths; the first, the physical when the powerfully trained body will no longer respond as you wish it would. [...] I only wanted to dance. Without dancing, I wished to die.” Martha Graham, Blood Memory, 1991, p238

The life of a dancer is short and emotional; the emotion of leaving the dance is as key as the emotion of living the dance. I wanted to capture the emotion of dying that first death, of receding from life in the spotlight. My intention was to shoot a single frame which illustrated both the blur of balletic movement whilst also reflecting the emotion of leaving a life of dance. I am a photographer of dance and the arts, with particular emphasis on live shows and costume portraiture and enjoy the involvement with dancers at their peak. But I often wonder what happens once that peak recedes, once you are forced, through age or injury, to dance your final piece. What is that emotion as the final curtain falls...as the final dance is over? A dancer dies twice, that first death on stage.

Eaton Portrait Prize 2017 Shortlist

Thank you to everyone who submitted prints to the Eaton Portrait Prize.  Janice McLaren, Head of Education and Events at The Photographers Gallery; Andy Eaton, CSA alumni and instigator of the prize; and academics from the photography department had difficulty selecting ten photographs from the large quantity of high quality images submitted. Congratulations to the 10 shortlisted photographers.

Alex O'Brien

Alex Odaryuk

Inez Mihaldinecz

Anna Kressler

Jac Williams

Jerissa Shotton

Neo Gilder

Ricky Ramsey

Sam Robbins

Sam Shelton

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions by MA Photography Graduate Julie Sleaford

Congratulations to Julie Sleaford (graduated MA Photography 2016) who is currently showing work with fellow ARU MA graduates Eleanor Breeze and Chris Brown (MA Fine Art) at Espresso Library in Cambridge.

Installation shots from Espresso Cafe, 2017

Julie has also been selected, along with Alumni  Stephan Termote from MA Fine Art,  to take part in the prestigious MA & Other Postgraduates Exhibition, a national exhibition of Postgraduate work opening on 20th February at the Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School. Julie will be showing The Rival #2.

The Rival #2 installation shot, Cambridge School of Art MA Graduation Exhibition 2016

24 Hours Project: 52/48 - Brexit means Brexit

Our first year student had 24 hours to respond to to the following theme: 

Explore through a set of photographs the hopes and fears you have for the UK. 52% of voters wanted to leave the EU, 48% wanted to stay during the Brexit Referendum. The country seems divided and unable to communicate.

This is an abstract theme, but don’t panic. Politics like photography is happening all around us; and this project will give you the opportunity to combine both.

Think about how European Union has impacted on Cambridge, your university experience and your personal life.  Think what maters to you…

In a time where the country is looking for ways forward all voices should be heard and maybe, just maybe the sum of all our pictures makes us all understand the problems and opportunities a bit better.

Emily Bevans

Paul Westhead

Shanna Matthews

Bashir Shaikh

Jonathan Barnett

Shane Gowardun

Laura Ferrier

Phoebe Smith

Lewis Mayo

Estel Hristova

Rhiannon Edmonds

Karen Bennett

Alix Martelet

Samuel Robbins

Leah Sethna Leah