Artist Statement

Final Version Artist statement

 I create my work using a digital format. When it comes to taking photographs I tend to find what naturally fascinates me most is people, therefore this is what the majority of my imagery tends to consist of. I aim to capture candid shots of people going about their own business. Because I work in a digital format, all of the work I produce is in colour. I tend not to edit my imagery much as I aim to give an honest representation of the subjects I choose to photograph. I have always taken a great interest in not only people, but the different social classes that exist in society today. I feel my work represents the interest I particularly have in working class people more so than any other group or social class. The most recent work I have produced is the documentation of certain events which are unique to the North East, such as Durham Miners Gala and Sedgefield’s Shrove Tuesday Ball game. These events are again are something I naturally take an interest in and are events which are mainly populated by working class people.

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When researching around writing an artist statement it was made clear that an artist statement should be not much longer than between 150-200 words as the text must be precise and accurate. To begin with I found it quite a struggle to write about myself and my own work. Writing down in bullet points what my work was about then creating draft after draft experimenting with writing my artist statement in different ways really helped me to get to my final draft. I also had one of my peers write about my work and create their own version of my artist statement for me while in university. Although I didn't use this statement as part of any of my drafts due to the fact I didn't feel enough of what I wanted to include was written there, It intact really helped me to get a more clear view and an outside view of how my work comes across to an external viewer. This was very important as seeing as though my artist statement is something which is used to communicate my work and ideas to those who will be viewing my work, I needed to know how other people already view or perceive it.