Abound – 2008.
Contemplative boundaries in anonymous neighbourhoods are depicted as metaphors of life’s alternative direction and unfamiliar routes which have been encapsulated through the photographic platform. Abound permits the cathartic opportunity to face anxieties regarding social and financial security in an uncertain financial climate. These fears are concealed within the splendour and beauty of the period homes’ garden boundaries of aging fences, mature shrubbery and magnificent trees. The stillness and greenery of the images appears inviting, although the dark emptiness and lack of visibility creates an ambiguity, a false security. The late evening permits an opportunity to roam free with less restriction than the curtailing daylight hours.
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Laura Burton-Nicholls Born: York, England, 1982. Education: Greenwich University, PGCE, 2008. MA Image and Communication, Goldsmiths London, Distinction, 2006. BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts, Swansea Metropolitan University, 2:1, 2004. Experience: HNC Photography Lecturer, Leicester College, 2008. Video and Foundation Art and Design Lecturer, West Herts. College, 2007. Tate Britain professional artists register, including photography workshops for Now We Are: Photographing Britain 2007. Exhibitions and festivals: The Bargehouse, South Bank London, 2006 Pixel Dance festival, Greece, 2006 Intro out Festival, Greece, 2006 Videonale, Germany, 2006 Brick Lanes’ Truman Gallery, London, 2004 Oriel Mostyn Gallery Open, Wales, 2004 Awards and publications: UnLtd funding – insite project, 2004. Empowering photographic project, in association with The Foyer at Gwalia Housing Association, working with young people aged (16-25 years) from disadvantaged backgrounds. Disseminated through exhibition and local publication.
