Exploring nature with photography

Sat 22 Apr 2023, 11am – 3pm
Free & open to all
SPACE Ilford
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Join us for a fun family-friendly workshop. We will explore the natural world around us using a variety of photographic and optical equipment and approaches. This will include infra-red and close-up photography, digital microscopy, cyanotype printing and montage. You will be able to project your images or make a digital print.

Andrew Brown is an artist and educator based at SPACE studios in Ilford. He uses analogue, digital, alternative and historic photographic processes alongside other media to explore the impact of rapid changes in the natural and built environment on communities in east London. Recent commissions include UP projects, the Arts Council and SPACE/Aetreum. He is studying for a doctorate in fine art at the University of East London.

Diane Mayers is a science and IT educator. She has taught in schools in east London for over thirty years, and runs science and IT clubs in local schools as a STEM Learning ambassador.

Andrew and Diane have lived in Ilford for 24 years, and have contributed to many local education, community and arts projects as volunteers and participants.