LARS AND ELLIE – SEPARATION 2018
Separation
Love is one of life’s mysteries. It is something that most can relate to and yet there is no one emotion that defines it. Love can bring elation, it can also bring despair. Separation explores the angst and myriad emotions experienced by London-based couples who, as a result of Brexit, have been forced to contemplate separation. With Britain soon to sever its ties with the European Union, tens of thousands of people face the possibility of losing their right to work in the UK, not to mention being forced out of the country that they share with their partner.
Brexit has long garnered column inches for its political implications, but what does it mean for love?
NADIA AND PAUL – SEPARATION 2018
Separation
Love is one of life’s mysteries. It is something that most can relate to and yet there is no one emotion that defines it. Love can bring elation, it can also bring despair. Separation explores the angst and myriad emotions experienced by London-based couples who, as a result of Brexit, have been forced to contemplate separation. With Britain soon to sever its ties with the European Union, tens of thousands of people face the possibility of losing their right to work in the UK, not to mention being forced out of the country that they share with their partner.
Brexit has long garnered column inches for its political implications, but what does it mean for love?
CELIA AND CHRIS – SEPARATION 2018
Separation
Love is one of life’s mysteries. It is something that most can relate to and yet there is no one emotion that defines it. Love can bring elation, it can also bring despair. Separation explores the angst and myriad emotions experienced by London-based couples who, as a result of Brexit, have been forced to contemplate separation. With Britain soon to sever its ties with the European Union, tens of thousands of people face the possibility of losing their right to work in the UK, not to mention being forced out of the country that they share with their partner.
Brexit has long garnered column inches for its political implications, but what does it mean for love?
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laura pannack
United Kingdom
My art focuses on social documentary and portraiture, and seeks to explore the complex relationship between subject and photographer.
I am driven by research led, self-initiated projects that push me both as an artist and as an individual. I need to question what I don’t understand and access worlds closed off to me. I am drawn to adventure, I want to roam and play with the limitations and dynamics of photography as an art and as act.
I largely shoot on analogue film allowing the process to be organic rather than being predefined by fixed ideas, thus removing additional pressure on the sitter.
I try to understand the lives of those I capture, and to present them creatively. I’m a firm believer that time, trust and understanding is the key to portraying subjects truthfully, as such, many of my projects develop over several years.
This particular approach allows a genuine connection to exist between sitter and photographer, which in turn elucidates the intimacy of these very human exch