Sam Batley United Kingdom
Im a self taught multi disciplined artist basing my work in film photography, analogue collage and poetry. All of which compliment each other in some respects working toward the same goal through different narratives.
Film photography - Focus on three main areas of study, the death of England through a working class perspective. Recovery community in Liverpool portraiture of addicts living a day at a time being the best they can, bravery in the everyday. Double exposure and experimental exposure combining images to create a warped version of the mundane which we exist and don't all at same time, a take on the concept of consensual reality.
Collage - Abstract scenarios and the death of porn. Escapism into a paper landscape, picture books have some what been made redundant in the digital age. With this redundancy I bring these analogue ghost back to life through a surrealist scalpel.
Poetry - Accompanies the work ramblings commenting on contemporary anxieties, separate to this express views on addiction and recovery. Quite a mixed bag of stuff in this regard my writing varies.
