User Account

Designer
  • Artwork
  • Profile
  • Exhibitions
  • Interview
Sophie Harris-Taylor
Kingston University (BA (Hons) Photography / 2010)
  • Hourglass December 2009
    Size (H x W x D): 33 x 50 x 3.5 cm
    £395.00
  • Untitled, May 2010
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 42 x 3.5 cm
    £195.00
  • Panels of light, July 2009
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 42 x 5 cm
    £185.00
  • Untitled, Sussex
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 50 x 0 cm
    £180.00
  • Moles
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 40 x 3.5 cm
    £195.00
  • A Veil, Richmond
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 42 x 0 cm
    £155.00
  • Anna, Jerome's bed, November 2009
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 42 x 3.5 cm
    £205.00
  • Holly in the Water
    Size (H x W x D): 30 x 42 x 0 cm
    £175.00

Profile

 My interest in photography lies in my desire to examine and to clarify. Drawn not to the momentous or to the significant, but more to the spaces in between, I document the minutia of everyday life, scrutinizing the details that surround me that are so often overlooked. Moments of familiarity, vulnerability and ennui - these are moments of nothingness, which punctuate the ‘somethingness’. Through this I aim to reveal something of the quiet intimacy between me and my subjects. I am interested in the documentary process as a self-consciously subjective one, as a means in which to reveal my own interests, preoccupations and concerns.

Exhibitions

 

Transformation, The international Youth Arts Festival, The Market House, Kingston Upon Thames                    July 2011

Bright Young ThingsArtisan80 Gallery, London                                                                                                              March 2011,

Untitled, Trace Gallery, Cornwall                                                                                                                                       November 2010

Signature Art Awards, The DegreeArt.com Gallery, London                                                                                        August 2010  

Graduation Show, Assosiation of Photographers, London                                                                                          July 2010  

Salon des Arts,  OSO, Barnes, London                                                                                                                            2007, 2008, 2009

Young At Art Awards, The County Hall, London                                                                                                            2006

Interview

What is your favourite film of all time?

Lost In Translation and The Station Agent

What music are you currently listening to and why?

Keaton Henson, Paul Simon, Yann Tierson, Death Cab, Bright Eyes, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Joanna Newsome..

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

Nan Goldin- is my biggest influence of all time.

Also love the work of- Jock Sturges, Corinne Day, Julia Hetta, Elinor Brotherus and Noemie Goudal.

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

Rennaisance Painters Vermeer and Carravagio, their use of light has been a massive influence on my work. Also photographer Corinne Day who crossed the boundaries, between fashion, documentary and art .

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

Too Many, but I'm a huge huge fan of The National Portrait, Taylor Wessing Exhibition. Every year, its never a let down.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

What gives me inspiration is probably the most asked and for that I usually say, that I'm mostly inspired by the people I'm closest to because their the people I photograph and to be honest they keep the work going and changing which keeps inspiring me to make more..

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

I’m not sure, I think I just always knew, its what I spent most of my spare time doing, so made perfect sense.

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

I make the work at my home, friends homes, family homes, the location is an extremly important aspect to the work. I'm really interested in domestic spaces, and I prefer shooting the sitters in their own homes as its where they are their most relaxed and off guard.

What do you like most about being an artist?

Getting to see my life through another perspective.. The work is pretty personal and often reveals things which I don’t even notice when I’m photographing.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

I think I'm still waiting...

What are your plans for the coming year?

Keep making work and hopefully I will have a few more exhibitions coming up.