Photography Photography is everywhere. With the perpetual advancement of digital technology, photography, in its multiple forms, continues to dominate all areas of communication within our society. The writer John Berger famously said, “we regret, hope, fear and love with images”, and as an artistic or journalistic medium - or as a subject-matter in its own right - photography has never been more important, attracting extensive attention and examination from cultural theorists, art critics, philosophers and futurologists. Throughout the past three years, the students involved in this exhibition have been exploring the implications of this ocularcentric world, reflecting on their place within it, and challenging the medium itself, in a contemporary and progressive manner. The shared philosophy of the Photography in the Arts and Photojournalism & Documentary Photography courses is fittingly reflected in the expertise and innovation of the diverse work on show. Along with a core belief in personal development and expression, we also see it as our students’ responsibility - as emerging practitioners - to interrogate and challenge existing processes and systems, and to cultivate new strategies for photojournalism and photographic art.
Image: Lauren Pitson
On behalf of all the staff within the photography department, we would like to congratulate the students for producing such engaging and thought-provoking bodies of work, and to wish them all much success with their future endeavours. Dr Hamish Gane & Siân Addicott Programme Directors for Photography in the Arts & Photojournalism & Documentary Photography
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