Roseanne Wooler

Roseanne Wooler is a documentary photographer from Cheltenham studying her final term of BA (hons) Press and Editorial Photography at Falmouth university in Cornwall. Most of her photography has documented the workings of specific subcultures such as Bikers and Cosplayers. Most of her work is digital but the love for traditional shooting methods and processes is still very important. In the future Rosie hopes to travel and work on producing photography that covers some important environmental topics of today, and teach English in foreign schools. She also cant wait to read the massive pile of books shes stacked up to the side over the years of her distracting degree!

These images are from an ongoing project that i have undertaken for my final major project at Falmouth Uni studying Press and Editorial Photography. It is a work in progress, but when finished it will hopefully be a study of the stroudwater navigation and thames and severn canal, all that is west of the sapperton tunnel. Im trying to highlight the importance of the work that the volunteers are doing on the canals to restore them to their former glory by meeting people who live on barges and peoples whose homes line the banks of the canals, ive also met a lot of volunteers and people from different organisations all making the restorations happen. The volunteers are giving up their time to preserve these ancient waterways that are so important to our countries landscape, wildlife and a major part of our countries industrial history. My idea stemmed from the urge to document something environmental, and the closeness I had to the subject matter itself, living in Gloucestershire all my life and having grandparents that have owned a barge.

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Claire Marsden

I am a 21 year old student and have almost finished my degree in Graphic Arts and Design. I apply a multidisciplinary approach to both self-initiated and brief-led projects. I wouldn't describe myself a purely a photographer, but photography is one of the main disciplines I use to communicate my ideas. I often do documentary photography but this with this project I decided to use a studio set up as I wanted it to appear more unnatural and edgy. 

These images are part of a personal project called ‘Objects of Desire’, which brings together the interpretation of objects and questions the objectivity of the female form. I wanted it to raise thoughts about feminism and the objectivity of gender, but not necessarily comment on it directly. Some of these images also reference other practitioners I admire; for example, the photo with the violin is inspired by Man Ray. I am also interested in how inanimate objects can be easily interpreted as something else. The project is ongoing and will most probably lead to some form of publication, which I am now working collaboratively on.

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Sophie Abbott

I'm 19 year old photographer that specifies in fashion and editorial, currently working within the Huddersfield/Leeds area.
I'd say my work is influenced a lot from different aspects of life. The divide between my work, is the 'fine art,' meaningful and contextualised work that I feel strongly about ('m currently doing a project on femininity and masculinity within photography, which I am submitting as part of my [BA Hons] Photography degree) and what I think makes a striking image, which falls under my fashion work in previous years.
I'd like to say that my fashion work is bold and striking, and colourful, I do like colours in my work. My fine art work however, I'd class as controversial, I love artists like Cindy Sherman and Nicki S. Lee that really use photography to subvert conventions and stereotypes.

The images featured are a variety of fashion shoots that I have done over the 5 years I've been a photographer.
These works are some of my more editorial style shooting, and what I what I prefer when I'm not causing controversy with my other work!

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All images and text copyright of Sophie Abbot

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Tzarina Sykes

I'm a 20 year old photographer studying at Cardiff School of Art and Design. I am particularly interested in landscape photography, especially in macro and close studies of single trees. Using light to its maximum potential is a big part of my work, I never using digital editing once I have taken my images. Some images require a lengthy amount of time sitting and watching the light change in the frame before the conditions are quite right. The care I take analysing the lighting is one of the best parts of my working practice.

Part of the beauty of this project was being able to make a connection to the woodland landscape. I see the camera as my main tool much like a painter would do a brush. I'm fascinated by the form, texture,inner structure and colour of tree's and plants within the woodland landscape. This project documents my adoration for the environment and gives the tree's a portrait like quality. I plan to document the same trees through the seasons as the colours change.

"The intricacy of every piece of wood or stone creates a character or emotion in every piece"

Elmer Gunderson

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