Writer: Gem Barton
DÉJÀ VU presents a dynamic collection of both digital and analogue production, both of which are positively encouraged by course leader Joanna Lowry who explains the exhibition concept here:
“The photographers in this exhibition have developed the ability to subtly misrecognise the world in order to reveal it. Whether dealing with the traces of the historical past that shadow the landscapes of the present, the passing figure in the street, an imagined interior, a doll’s face, or a dystopian future, they all recognise that the power of the photograph is in its capacity not for simple mimesis but for the production of that sudden magical moment in which we see through time and in which something new is revealed. If the photograph does provide a double of the world it is a fundamentally unstable one, one which opens up a domain of uncertainty through which we might, just, catch a glimpse of the real. Déjà vu.”
DÉJÀ VU includes the final projects from Brighton University Masters students, many of whom already practice as commercial and fine art photographers. Here are some names to watch for the future; Virgilio Ferreira, Kerry Grainger, Laurie Griffiths, Kristin Hoell, , Chloe Lelliott, Alina Linnas, Takayuki Murakami, Mark Purdom, Holly Oliver, Vanessa Roy, Heather Shuker, David Sterry, Paul Walsh, Kat Williams
Event Photography: Magic+Mafia
