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My name is Ryan Free, I am currently studying BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary photography at the University Of Gloucestershire. I have completed various projects on Homelessness, demonstrations (EDL), self-portraiture, rurality, immigration, studio, various experimentation processes which I do in my room, Fuji Instant/ Polaroid, Pinhole and paper negative and Painting abstract and expressionism.
Fascinated by nature, the patterns and structures that the world is made up of, I discovered painting which I am always researching and finding out more about daily. Painting has opened pathways to which I can see how colour, patters and form really create our reality at a chemical level and metaphysical level. Recently I created a project that questions time, space, colour, identity and form; I managed to capture this all in one project that combines photography and painting, (painting with light and developing with tools). When I create I love to immerse myself, whether it be the local hip-hop scene or taking self portraits, or painting, I am completely there, aware and in control. I have found Photography, Painting and Music go very well together as arts and practises, for me they are all things that force me to really think and is how I order my life and thoughts through these practises/ processes. Inspired by artists such as Bruce Davidson, Ansel Adams, Lee Freidlander, Rene Burri, Paulo Gioli, Picasso, Kandinsky, Pollock, Louis Parsons, Ellen Carey, Edward Burtynsky, Motion Enterprise (Hip-Hop Group) High Focus records and many many more. While studying at Amersham and Wycombe college I learnt a variety of techniques and practices such as, studio and location lighting, digital, colour and black and white film processing. I had the opportunity to work with a variety of mediums. One such medium was film which became my main focus as I enjoy being in touch with the historical side of my practice. Analogue lets me explore the history and concept of a 200 year old legacy in which people’s ideas, through making photographs has shaped our society. I am currently working with artists in the local area to build up something big. Ultimately I have fallen in love with the realisation of what it means to be alive today. |
Education
90 Credit Diploma In Photography. Amersham & Wycombe College. 2014-2016.
BA HONS Degree In Documentary Photography and Photojournalism. 2016-2019.
BA HONS Degree In Documentary Photography and Photojournalism. 2016-2019.
Exhibitions and Publications
2019. Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham: Landscape Photographs of High Wycombe.
2019. Fable and Folk online publication. https://www.fableandfolk.co.uk/cheltenham-hiphop-ryan-free-2019
2019. Fable and Folk online publication. https://www.fableandfolk.co.uk/cheltenham-hiphop-ryan-free-2019
Books
Perpetual Motion
Black and white documentary photographs of a nine man hip-hop group in Cheltenham. 2018.
Louis Parsons
Abstract painter who has connected a community of artists and like minded people through workshops and through creating his art. 2018.
L'auberge
My trip to the Jungle, Calais with no on-location photography experience I geared up into the unknown and found the back streets. 2016.
The Subjective Self
Abstract Expression through painting with light and then painting with developing chemicals on Fuji Instant Film. 2018.
Free Tree
Using family documents I explored the use of the document within a family context and also created a visual narrative of experiences my family documented.
Eye Of The Storm.....
Black and white documentary photographs of a nine man hip-hop group in Cheltenham. 2018.
Louis Parsons
Abstract painter who has connected a community of artists and like minded people through workshops and through creating his art. 2018.
L'auberge
My trip to the Jungle, Calais with no on-location photography experience I geared up into the unknown and found the back streets. 2016.
The Subjective Self
Abstract Expression through painting with light and then painting with developing chemicals on Fuji Instant Film. 2018.
Free Tree
Using family documents I explored the use of the document within a family context and also created a visual narrative of experiences my family documented.
Eye Of The Storm.....