ANNA BENDING: June 2013

LONDON PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 20TH JUNE 6-10PM!

After finding Photography during my GCSE's, I embarked on a 2 year BTEC course on this subject and from there I managed to score a place on the BA (Hons) Photography degree course at the University of Creative Arts, Farnham. This was almost three years ago, and almost like a "right of passage"as a year group my course shall be exhibiting our photographic work at The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane, from Thursday 20th June- Monday 24th of June.

As a collective we are called Folka, and we consist of 69 photographers .The work on display ranges in genre, methods and presentation which allows the viewer to be privy to an eclectic mix of photographic imagery. I find myself feeling very lucky to have spent my time on this degree surrounded by such talented and motivated individuals. I'm a strong believer in "Life is what you make it", without quoting the babe that is Hannah Montana, but the people I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with during my degree definitely have made my university experience, and I am excited to be exhibiting my work alongside theirs!

THE WORK I SHALL BE EXHIBITING...

For this exhibition I shall be displaying some of my photographic work taken from my most recent series titled "Interlude". This particular collection of images were captured during my last university project called "Resolutions", however the idea had been with me for a while to explore intimate space and the notion of interrupting a private moment, and overall I am very pleased with the outcomes.

Examples from the series Interlude...

Essentially, by interrupting a private moment this collection of photographs provides the viewer with an intimate insight into the act of bathing. The images look at the bath and how others use this personal space by documenting this deliberate and considered pause from the norms of day to day life through capturing the various activities that take place within this setting.

Although I have 6 prints, I shall be showing only 3 of them at this exhibition and this is simply due to personal preference. After getting my 6 finals professionally printed, I then reconsidered my edit and felt less is more in regards to physical, photographic prints! As well as my prints I also created a book via Blurb to act almost like a visual diary, cataloguing the full of extent of female subjects I had captured during this process. By having this on a plinth, it shall encourage the audience to delve deeper into my project and become familiar with who and how I photographed my many subjects.

Interlude book.

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COME ALONG TO OUR OPENING NIGHT - THURSDAY 2OTH JUNE 6-10PM

A great deal of hardwork and money has gone into our degree show and it would be great if lots of people came along, had a complimentary glass of wine and celebrated the end of our degree with us! There is no entry fee, you are guaranteed to see a vast collection of work and you shall definitely be putting smiles on all of our faces!