Seed Series|Saturday Girl|The Path of an Honest Man
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Gemma Marmalade (UK)
Seed Series
Seed Series, posits the possibility that those of homosexual persuasion are more likely to have a visceral impact on the cultivation of plants. Accelerated growth, crop abundance and overall increased vegetational health were observed by German botanist, Dr. Gerda Haeckel during studies of communal lesbian gardeners throughout the 1970 and 80’s. Seed Series is a collection of some of Haeckel’s original subjects and their finest vegetable specimens.
www.gemmamarmalade.com
FORMAT19 Award
Casey Orr (UK)
Saturday Girl
A contemporary, playful and celebratory collection of portraits about the styles, tribe identities and desires of youth. The series shows the unspoken ways in which regional and national UK identities can be read through style and self-expression. Each Saturday, traditionally a day of meeting and socialising in public spaces, Orr invited young women to be photographed in her touring pop-up studio in 14 towns and cities across Britain.
www.caseyorr.com
Alexandra Lethbridge (UK)
The Path of an Honest Man
The series is a study into the hidden language of lying to find commonalities in universal gestures and visual cues. The work looks to the role of the 1950’s salesman for inspiration. By understanding a time where methods of persuasion were taught and mastered, the work questions whether lying and deception is a visual code, one that could be understood.
www.alexandralethbridge.com
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