Presenting Marta Giaccone
Marta Giaccone is an Italian photographer originally from Milan. In October 2014, she finished her MA program in Documentary Photography at the University of South Wales. Marta is mostly known for her photographs of people. Her master's portfolio featured a series, mostly comprised of portraits, titled Be Still, My Heart. This work focused on the stories of young mothers in South Wales, seeking to emphasise the story of the individual, as opposed to the common portrayal of te
Presenting Matt Mahdavi
Matt Mahdavi is a photographer working in South West England. He is a graduate of The Arts University at Bournemouth and has been an art practitioner for ten years, finding his passion of photography about five years ago. This week I would like to present some of his recent work in an ongoing series titled Campfires. What initially struck me about this series is Mahdavi's quizzical approach to the work which is reflected in the imagery. Growing up in Dartmoor National Park, f
Presenting Lanyue Li
This week on the blog I am featuring the work of fellow photographer Lanyue Li. Originally from Guilin, China, Li attended the Art University of Bournemouth for his bachelor's degree, and is currently studying Documentary Photography as a master student at the University of South Wales, formerly Newport University. Li is interested in photography as a form of visual language, often making comparisons in imagery, to poetry or syntax. One can see this development in his undergr
