BLACK LIVES MATTER

Foundation and Extended Diploma Photo Students (Group A)

Inspired by research in to this topic, students showcase their exploration of 'Black Live Matters', creating an understanding for themselves and communicating their feelings visually to others. Expressed through diverse genres of photography, documentary, environmental portraiture, or still life, students decide what and how they want to highlight themes of discrimination, or solidarity, own emotions or the emotions of others...with that achieving diverse individual outcomes.

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UAL Foundation and Extended Diploma students, starting their photographic journey at Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. (1 year course)

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BLACK LIVES MATTER, Foundation and Extended Diploma Photo Students (Group A)

Daisy Tearle

Sommer Dowsett

Aoife Lanigan

Ewan Search Whittaker

Manda Sarjant

Poppy Champion

Elle Lippett My concept for these final images was to explore ethnic discrimination through fashion. It is only in recent years that people of ethnic minorities have been more involved in both the fashion and creative industries, for example it was only in September of this year that for the first time in the magazine’s history a black man photographed the cover of British Vogue, which says something about the lack of diversity in this industry. Therefore, in my final pieces I wanted to capture my model, a member of the Black community, in a style that linked directly to the fashion genre, to take a stand against the racial discrimination that is still apparent in so many different industries.

Izzy Woodruff

Maia Aldridge

Ollie Hudson

Molly West

Nia Peacock black and white typology synopsis

Many know the inventor of the light-bulb as Thomas Edison when in fact, the main contributor to the design was a black man named Lewis Latimer. I created this image to show my appreciation for objects I use or am grateful for, everyday that were made by black inventors.

Zed Flint

Gabriel Banks Sarah Bonetta Forbes Davies (1843-1880) was a Yoruba princess who was captured as a child during a slave hunt war by King Ghezo of Dahomey (known today at Benin), described as the most notorious slave-trading monarch in West Africa. In 1862 at the age of 18, Sarah was encouraged to accept a marriage proposal from Yorubian merchant, James Pinson Labulo Davies; they were married in a ceremony at St Nicholas Church, Brighton. The event drew vast crowds and was reported in The Times newspaper. Sarah settled in Lagos and named her daughter after Queen Victoria who became her god-mother, links between the two families continued after she left England.
I chose the image of St Nicholas church to shine a light on Aina’s story as an example of oppression and slavery; to raise awareness of the hidden black histories that surround us in our community that deserve recognition.

Joe Tuckett

Lois Holland My project stemmed from the idea that racism is based on stereotypes of cultures. Therefore, for this project, my aim was to highlight different cultures, and portray them in a different way in which people might not see them. My project is based on the sociological idea that people can pick and choose their identity, and it is fluid.

Mia Holman Harris

Donald Mak Observing a building carrying out the important morals of Black Lives Matter with segments of history marked onto it as the people of Brighton pass by through their daily routines.

Colette Prudden-Teteau

Kirsten DuToit

Asha Al-Khayyat

Sarah Chapman