Extending The Form; Diptychs, Triptychs And Multi-Image Photography

Date

May 4 incl. May 5

Opening time

Kate Mellor

Extending The Form; Diptychs, Triptychs And Multi-Image Photography

Throughout the history of photography the single image has remained the basic form with which to communicate. Yet many photographers increasingly find this use of the medium limiting and seek to extend the form by using two or more images together. Although the diptych and the triptych are historical forms in painting they are considered to be unconventional in photography and so they have often become a method chosen to promote radical ideas. Often, the multi-image work, although the individual photographs may be kept separate, is intended to be viewed as one rather than providing a linear narrative. This workshop sets out to explore general concepts involved in this photographic form and will view the work of a few artists who use this structure as a vehicle to carry ideas.  Taking inspiration from these photographers the workshop aims to debate and discover more about this method of presenting images. A session taking and arranging photographs will promote understanding of what a particular structure can express about an individual’s ideas, values and intentions.

Kate Mellor

Kate Mellor is a fine art photographer based in the beautiful and wild SouthPennines in Yorkshire. She studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic back in the day receiving a BA in photography and undertook an MA in photography at the University of Wales, Newport. She recently completed a doctorate on the photographic image of architecture and post-industrialization at Ulster University that was funded by DEL, the resulting body of photographs termed Topographies of the Image.She has worked as a lecturer for several UK universities, recently the MediaSchool of University of Bradford, and has led many workshops particularly in relation to her practice. Her work has been exhibited internationally and she has completed fellowships and residencies in the UK and Europe. Her work is known for a critical perspective exploring theoretical issues and she is interested in finding different and alternative methods as a vehicle for concepts. She has also spoken about her practice and delivered papers at several international conferences. Her best-known work is Island: The Sea Front which was published as a book by Dewi Lewis Publishing simply titled Island.www.katemellor.com