About me

I am a young creative from the Greater Manchester area. I have recently graduated from Manchester School of Art with a BA in Photography. During my studies I focused mainly on documentary style photography as well as turning my hand to some landscape shoots and studio work. As part of my final years work at Manchester Metropolitan University I became quite involved and interested in the art of bookbinding as well as printmaking. The process and mechanics of the whole bookbinding process is fascinating to me and I wouold like to develop my skills in this area as well as in printing/printmaking. As well photography and bookbinding I am very much interested in all types of art and design and feel that most work can be and interpreted and re-interpreted into different media depending on the requirements of a job.

Skills

As previously stated I have a degree in photography and as such am practiced in using both digital and analogue photography equipment. I have experience of using both studio and location lighting, having been involved in different set ups during my time at the university. I also have a lot of darkroom experience in processing and printing both black and white and colour. My skills include Photoshop as well as a little bit of In-Design. I have also got quiye a lot of experince in different bookbinding techniques and have often used letterpress along with my artist book work before.

Sector Experience

I have done some work with Jan Needle, an author, to photograph and design some of his bookcovers. This was the first bit of experince in the sector I have had and I found it challenging and gratifying in recieving a loose brief and coming up with suitable work. The books which I have created the covers for are, 'A Game of Soldiers' and 'John Silvers Blood'.

Awards

I have a full set of GCSE's from Saddleworth School ( all C/B grades). I also have three A Levels from Oldham Sixth Form College, in Media Studies (C - Grade), Sociology (C) and Ancient History (C). I then went on to Manchester Metropolitan University and achieved a BA Honours degree in Photography.