LUPE MAGAZINE - Middlesex University

Michelle Amosu
Leaside Rowing Club, 2012 is a photograph
from a series based around vacant landscapes
in my home boroughs of Waltham Forest
and Hackney in the hours proceeding dusk
and twilight. I hope to build a new personal
impression of the area by capturing urban
spaces which may be familiar or unfamiliar
to me. Spaces of interest may consist of an
isolated light source, a piece of architecture,
or maybe a surface or shape that I would like
to keep and translate on film. While working
on the project I have developed a fascination
in the application of time in exposure in lowlight
situations, as it dramatically effects the
illumination and animation of a scene.
Ezekiel, 2010 is a photograph from the series
of work titled E17. This photograph was taken in
my home town of Walthamstow on my parents
road. This project dealt with photographing
members of my family and people who grew
up with me in my hometown. I tried to do this
honestly, in-keeping with formal principles of
portraiture. My intention was to produce an
individual portrait of each member rather than
the domestic group family portrait to show
that there is a visual and tangible significance
to each person in the family. The setting in
which I chose in Walthamstow was indicative of
the individual. I see evidence of this particularly
in Ezekiel, were he is photographed at 16 (right
after his teenage growth spurt) standing next
to our 6ft garden brick wall that we used to try
to scale over and sit on top of as kids.
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