In Pictures: BA Fine Art Photography at the UAL Graduate Showcase

Working in London, BA Fine Art Photography graduate Aiden Gageler set up a makeshift workspace in his flat during lockdown, turning his bathroom into a small darkroom.

Aiden’s practice explores the ontology of photography with a particular focus on the chemistry rather than the poetry. His current focus is on the photograph’s ability to be generative as opposed to imitative. The projects are informed by early contemporary critique of photography, both in terms of approach and outcome.

Life of a Bee is Aidan’s final submission. He explains more about his work:

"Life of a Bee is an investigation in the chemical and physical composition of the traditional photograph. A lot of early contemporary writing on photography was rather pessimistic about the future due to increased visibility of visual media, the pace in which is it consumed and the means by which it was produced. While I initially agreed with the critique, I found that it was quite outdated and now needed to be redefined. I investigated what I felt like photography was losing amidst the rapid advancement into digital media. This led me to work with light sensitive paper and chemical processes. I also tried to reject the definition of what normally makes a photograph - the idea that they need to represent a slice of time past, that they are to be objective as well as a 2D window to another time."

Harriets final submission is titled Above Consciousness. Here she tells us more about her work:

"My final submission, Above Consciousness, seeks to make sense of the world of psychics, spirituality, the occult and holistic ways of living. It shows some of the faces of the industry and looks towards still life photography to explore the world of tarot, healing and to portray the emotions felt by me when exploring this topic. The people shown in the project have careers as psychics, tarot card readers, reiki healers, and mediums."

See more of Harriet Moore’s work on the Graduate Showcase

"As I had to contain this within the pdf submission, my work in progress entry was a 1000 word essay called ‘Future Practice’. This presented a series of annotated images which reflected and showed the journey of what I had produced over the summer term and how this has influenced my practice overall.

The main materials and processes that I have worked with as part of this have been ink drawings, scanning, sewing, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere pro. This has helped me produce fashion prints, collages, fashion garment designs, textiles, videos, and my publication called RainBo magazine, all of which are important for my current fine art practice."

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Dream Diaries is Isabella’s final submission, here she tells us more:

"This work in progress includes multiple paintings and some moving image work that I constructed throughout the lockdown period in the UK. Dreams throughout this time period were more intense and vivid for a lot of people, including myself. I kept a dream diary and each morning I would construct a new image based on what I had written down about the previous night's dream."

"I explore memory and how we lose or gain it through time. As we move through our lives our memories will disintegrate slowly, stories being re told will change the smallest amount each time, almost being left unrecognisable. When translating psychological activities into image or writing, we think we are recreating however, we bring to it an aspect of disintegration."

See more of Isabella Sherwani- Keeling's work

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