
Meet the Team
Meet the team behind the 'Re-Emerge' Exhibition

Grace Hill
She/Her
Imagined Memories
My work explores the link between memory and imagination in the traditional family photograph, and the vital role that photography has in establishing this relationship. More specifically, the way that memories from our childhoods can be informed by the influence of time. What we remember now, may simply be an imagination, rather than truth...

Emily Macfarlane
She/Her
Just a Walk Home
This body of work was inspired by my study of UN Women UK, an organisation who collated research confirming 97% of women in the UK have been sexually harassed. This ongoing series of portraits of women depicts the raw feelings of sexual harassment expressed through bold, graphic text...

Julia Perry
She/Her
Beauty
These photographs of the Derby Hippodrome are part of a broader enquiry into perceptions of beauty in architecture. The building, which is a Grade II listed theatre, was built in 1914. Since its closure, the site has been abandoned for around fithteen years and subject to several incidents of fire damage...

Kira Hammond
She/Her
Watch me, Watch you
This work is an interactive sculpture depicting the issues surrounding public privacy, whilst also exploring the ethics and morality within surveillance in public places. Inspired by the phrase “Big Brother’s watching you” by George Orwell, I used videography to capture visuals of moving eyes to represent the paranoia of being watched...

Anya Jones
She/Her
IRIS
IRIS is representative of disability and my personal struggles of living in a world that perceives us differently. It symbolises the dichotomy of perception and vision; mind and body. As a metaphor to the disabled body, I’ve chosen to use a large format camera due to its unpredictability and the spontaneous changes that can happen with the slightest movement...

David Brennan-Robinson
He/Him
Being Black in White Britain
Done wid Havin to prove mi self to white man. Tugs, teeth n drug dealer a come frum da single mommy yards dem wid no farder ina da yard, see it de, a dis wa dem a say bout da black people dem. wen da man dem a get nice tings, a bad mind movements we de pon, if a man has more den one Ute, asked if say da said mother dem come from, n den da wrenkin question a where ya come from?...

Emmy Syson
She/Her
Addiction and the Pandemic
Addiction is often perceived by society as a problem related to specific activities such as drug use and alcoholism. This is on account of stereotypes perpetuated by media representation. However, other more covert and less visible addictions feature in the lives of many people, and these have statistically increased during COVID-19...