Amit Nachumi

© Amit Nachumi


© Amit Nachumi


© Amit Nachumi


© Amit Nachumi


© Amit Nachumi


Amit Nachumi Graduated from University for the Creative Arts in 2007 with BA (Hons) Contemporary Photographic Practice

“You See” desires to present the interior reality of both adults and children in the exterior, an internal world in an outer landscape. My homeland of Israel is used as a backdrop. A place that is as emotionally charged as it is politically burdened is photographed through eyes desiring to put aside the use of recognizable images of conflict, but rather as a space of contemplation and reflect.
The notion of ‘fitting’ or ‘fitting in’ is dominant and there is an acute awareness of a place, sensed from afar, predominantly by those away from home. . The primary relationship visible is that of the sitters with their surroundings, the exterior – their ‘temple’. Frozen ordinary acts, play as isolated moments of contemplation shown in extraordinary, yet somehow familiar, surroundings.”

Ben Baxter

Tree (from "Dead Space") © Ben Baxter


Green (from "Dead Space") © Ben Baxter


Flower Bed (from "Dead Space") © Ben Baxter


Fan (from "Dead Space") © Ben Baxter


Bench (from "Dead Space") © Ben Baxter


Ben Baxter Graduated from University for the Creative Arts - Rochester in 2009 with BA (Hons) Photography


"Dead Space"

"This series looks at modern urban development and the public domain around central London. The trend is new public space is no longer one in which all kinds of people can enjoy diverse activity. Instead the space is defined and dictated by a select group of people and the results are drenched in over-planning and pomposity. The promise of a new public plaza is often just an attractive compromise and a subsidiary thought. Consequently the resulting spaces reflect just that; mediocre token gestures that ultimately discourage public bustle."

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Per Mattisson

Untitled (from "Lagom") © Per Mattisson


Untitled (from "Lagom") © Per Mattisson


Untitled (from "Lagom") © Per Mattisson


Untitled (from "Lagom") © Per Mattisson


Untitled (from "Lagom") © Per Mattisson


Per Mattisson Graduated from University for the Creative Arts - Rochester in 2009 with BA (Hons) Photography


"Lagom"

"Lagom is Per Mattison’s first publication and explores social issues in
his native Sweden. He is a stranger in his own land, a Swede who has lived
outside his country and returns to it with the fresh perspective that this
combination of distance and intimate understanding can provide.

Lagom is a word difficult to translate into English that means roughly
‘just enough’ or “everything in moderation”. The word is part of the
national identity and colors Swedish attitudes.
It represents an ideal place where everything is as it should be, and
where the necessities of a good life are guaranteed. Nothing disturbs this
utopian status quo. Lagom prevents anyone from falling too far down the
social ladder. At the same time it frowns on anyone intent on climbing up.
As long as things are done in the Lagom way there is no need to worry
about extremes.
Despite recent international influences on economy and culture the deeply
imbedded value of Lagom still strongly manifests within the Swedes.

This sense of moderation has offered and delivered tangible benefits.
Applied by successive governments of Social Democrats through Sweden’s own
brand of ‘middle way’ socialism, it has contributed to the establishment
of a strong welfare state and the apparent eradication of social
injustice. On closer inspection however the dominance of this desire for
a shared normality has led to a subtle but steady erosion of an individual
sense of self and of a freedom of spirit."

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