Life Through The Lens Captured In Stunning University Exhibition
6 June 2012
Student Adam Humphreys' celebrity portraits have included comedian Isy Suttie from Channel 4 TV comedy 'Peep Show'.
Our students always produce some excellent images for the Degree Shows and London exhibitions, and this year is no exception.
”Mark Hall, Senior Lecturer for the BA (Hons) Commercial Photography degree course.
Luke Holroyd captured images of Simon Brown, a former solider wounded in Iraq and a 2012 Olympic torch route torchbearer.
Powerful images tackling subjects including disability, the armed forces and celebrity form part of a striking photography exhibition by final year students at the University of Derby's 2012 Degree Shows.
Expo 12 - an exhibition of photos by BA (Hons) Commercial Photography degree students - is currently on at the University's Markeaton Street site, in Derby, until June 12.
It is part of Derby's 2012 Degree Shows; the annual free public display of work by visual communications, film, textiles, fashion, product design, architecture, fine art, creative expressive therapies and other subjects' students at the University's Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill sites.
In addition, after the Degree Shows Expo 12 will move on to form a further exhibition at London's Menier Gallery, from June 19 to 23.
The Derby exhibition includes work by:
- Emily Alecock, 21, originally of Carlisle, who has documented the life of her brother, Joe Alecock, 16, and his battle with the degenerative muscular condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- Luke Holroyd, 21, originally of Leeds, who has worked for organisations as diverse as Scope and Burton Albion. He has captured images of Simon Brown, a former British solider wounded in Iraq, who will be one of the torchbearers on the 2012 Olympic torch route.
- Adam Humphreys, 27, originally of Willington, Derbyshire, who has photographed upcoming musicians and comedians, including Isy Suttie from Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. Adam has Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of Autism, and received help during his course from the University's Student Support team.
Also helped by Student Support was fellow Expo 12 exhibitor Carla Homerstone, 32, of Shepshed, near Loughborough. She has combined her love of horses and her profession by providing dramatic abstract pictures of horses for the exhibition, and also launching a freelance photography career (trading as Carla Jane Photography) which saw her work appear in Horse and Hound magazine.
Despite her success Carla's degree hasn't been plain sailing, with the surprise diagnosis in her first year that she was severely dyslexic.
Carla said: "I was having trouble with notetaking on the course and, having had similar problems throughout my life, I decided to get an assessment through Student Support. To my surprise I was told I was dyslexic, and that I also had problems focusing on text and dyscalculia, or number dyslexia.
"The University provided me with some help, including with the notetaking and extra technical equipment to support me, and my lecturers were very helpful."
Carla has received business funding through the University of Derby's Enterprise Inc fund and is considering enrolling in further study, on its Masters degree in Photography course.
Mark Hall, Senior Lecturer for the BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course, added: "Our students always produce some excellent images for the Degree Shows and London exhibitions, and this year is no exception.
"It is particularly gratifying to see someone like Carla overcome her personal obstacles to complete her degree and set-up her own business."
For more information about the Expo 12 exhibition and to view photographs go to its website at www.commphoto.co.uk/index.html
More information about the University of Derby's whole Degree Shows 2012 programme can be had at website www.derby.ac.uk/degreeshow
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