Roly

So I now own Roly the Rolleicord :)
I picked him up at a very cute photography shop in Arundel, West Sussex.
Havn't had chance to use him yet but plan to take him on his first adventure this week! Keep a look out...

Brighton Photo Fringe

So last night I went to the opening of the Brighton Photo Fringe held in Hove. It was a great turn out, really good crowd and excellent music ;)
Some really interesting work was displayed via a projector but you really needed to pick up a catalogue to get a closer look at who is involved.

Heres just a few photographers I wanted to see more of:
Stephen King: http://www.stephenkingphotography.co.uk/portfolio/?c=35
Stuart Griffiths: http://www.stuartgriffiths.net/index.php
Portia Webb: http://www.portiawebb.com/page9.htm
Claire Richardson: http://www.clairerichardson.com/index.htm

For more stuff about the Photo Fringe look here.. http://www.photofringe.org/?cat=3

Beautiful Video

A couple of my friends made this beautiful set of video portraits:

http://vimeo.com/12189109 x

Blackpool to Brighton

Ok, So I moved down to Brighton last week after finishing my BA (Hons) Photography degree at Blackpool & the Fylde College.
I came out with a 2.1 which I was really happy with :)
So I'm just settling in here for the time being and looking for some photography based work!

The exhibitions in London and Manchester last month went really well [see info below] and I got some great feedback:

http://causeandeffectart.blogspot.com/2010/07/debbie-yates.html

& http://holliereid.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/eighteen-percent-grey-blackpool-ba-photography-exhibition/

My Graduate Exhibition - June/July 2010

Eighteen Percent Grey is the BA (Hons) Photography graduate show celebrating the young talent from Blackpool and The Fylde College. This exciting exhibition boasts work from award winning students and covers a broad range of creative and photographic practices, reflecting the diversity of the students’ interests.Eighteen Percent Grey is being exhibited in Manchester, Blackpool and London at the following galleries.


Manchester - as part of ‘BE’ Blackpool School of Art & Design Graduate Exhibition
Cube
113-115 Portland Street
Manchester
M1 6DW

22-26 June 10-5pm
Private View 22 June 6-9pm

London
Eighteen Percent Grey
Sustain Gallery
65-71 Scrutton Street
London
EC2A 4PJ

29 June - 3 July 12-8
Private View 30 June 6-9pm


Please join us at for our opening nights at Cube and Sustain, and at the College in Blackpool. Further information on our exhibitions, workshops and publication can be found at our website:
www.18percentgrey.org.uk

Test Shoot

An experimental shot using flash and film at night.

The Guards Club

Since my last update on my long term uni brief, my project has changed slightly. Due to attending a few Royal Marines Association (RMA) meetings and meeting a few of the veterans I realised that I wouldn't be able to meet enough veterans to complete my project. Through attending this meeting I met the owner of The Guards Club in Blackpool who told me about a D-Day Veterans meeting that he runs every month. Therefore I altered my project to base it on the club where the D-Day Veterans meet. My project looks at who comes to the club and why. Some of these people are D-Day veterans and some of them are part of the club for other reasons. I feel this basis was strong enough to complete the following project:










Big BIG thankyou to my assistants throughout this project: Jack Boniface. Red Roberts. Ruth Richmond.

A re-edited version of this project can be seen here: http://debbieyates.co.uk/The+D-Day+Vets