Elaine Vizor Durham, United Kingdom
I am a photographer and a qualified teacher. I tutor workshops in basic digital photography and cyanotype printing. My main practice is in documentary photography. I also have a passion for Camera Obscura and have designed and built my own portable CO. Inspired by largescale artworks I also have a passion for light paintings and abstractions made at night.
I have had commissions in documentary photography and have images on permanent display at AYCLIFFE FABRICATIONS and KILLHOPE LEAD MINING MUSEUM. I have also had commissions in event photography and consider both to be important to my work and funding. I have self-funded work for several solo exhibitions from 2010 including recently: Sept - October 2021 when I had a very successful two part show, ‘How do you like your photography?’ (With or without a camera), at Greenfield Arts, Newton Aycliffe. The two parts were BLACK and LIGHT (digital abstracts) and BLUE and WHITE (Cyanotype prints). March - May 2022, following on I had another very successful extended show of BLUE and WHITE, my creative response to the Coronavirus, a body of work using only the Cyanotype process. This exhibition was at TAP No42 Gallery, Bishop AUCKLAND. From 2023 I have had work included in Open Exhibitions in Bishop Auckland and Glasgow as well as two very well received solo shows in Bishop Auckland, Upper Teesdale and Darlington. My vision for a portable CAMERA OBSCURA is now realised and it has been really well received at Auckland Castle, Bowes Museum, and a school Artist’s Residency. I love sharing the history of the optical device and introducing people of all ages to the pre photographic way of viewing the world.
