Emily Sowerby

I'm Emily. I'm 20-year-old student currently living in London on a barge called Nymphaea. I'm studying BA Photography at Kingston University, it's my first year and it's been fantastic so far!  My practice is usually abstract, innovative and often minimalistic. My mind always bubbles with imaginative thinking and the desire to create something absolutely fresh. I’m always out with my camera, taking pictures of objects which motivate me as a Photographer. I know the importance of individual style, and look for this individually when out with my camera. 

Images from 'Atmosphere' project

I've been looking at cloud forms and how they appear like dramatic & emotional paintings, this project is very new and still in development. 

This project was heavily inspired by Alfred Stieglitz  and this “Equivalents”  collection of photographs.

I wanted to explore with my imagination and emotions to capture the clouds in different, interesting forms which can tell a narrative, secret or emotion. 

I just love the way you can't control the sky, the atmosphere is untouched by human influence, it can't not be shaped at will.

The sky has this mystery about it, something was cause curiosity in the minds of many, something dream-like.  

All text and images copyright of Emily Sowerby.

Dovilė Zubytė

My name is Dovile and I currently study photography at the University of Creative Arts. I do not imagine my life without photography and painting. I am young photographer who in her childhood had dreamed about the career of an astronaut. Perhaps, that is why I like being experimental in my work. I like shooting models who carry a fragility and mystery about them and enjoy using various lighting to produce the correct ambience photography. 

I often submit my work into competitions, recently I was named the Winner of the ImaginAIR 2012 photostory competition youth prize by European Environment Agency. The work I submitted for the ImaginAIR competition can be seen here: http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/europes-air-story-told-in-pictures

Images from a recent project

This project is one of my first where I have combined photography with fine art. Using the paintings of Brent Godfrey as inspiration for my colour ways, I found 4 different places and imagined what kind of person would be in that space. I then photographed each model in the space and using post-production introduced them to the paintings.

All images and text copyright of Dovilė Zubytė. 

Ellie Miller

My name’s Ellie and I am from West Wales, I have always loved living on the coast and miss seeing the sea on the horizon when I am away. I am in my final year studying BA (Hons) Photographic Art at the University of Wales, Newport. It has introduced me to many ways that Photography can influence and inspire, along with skills that I hope to carry on using in the future to develop my work.

I have a passion for fine art, conceptual and narrative photography. I also have a broad interest in art as a whole, with  it's past, present and future possibilities. I am in my element wandering round galleries and art fairs. After graduating I hope to become more involved with galleries and fairs on a professional level.

Another passion of mine is literature and writing. I often try to combine the written word in my images. I love the immersive power that both arts can have, and would love to publish my own work some day. 

Images taken from 'Sanctuary' project

Here I explore the idea of escaping reality through the use of stories and poetry. The books are placed splayed open, ready and waiting to be read by whomever should come across them. Often appearing to be floating these books become both a part of their surroundings and yet allude to something more. They are an open invitation for the readers to immerse themselves in a safe creative environment; encouraging the viewer to go on to create their own haven once they have walked away from the images.

All text and images copyright of Ellie Miller.

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