Mary d'Arcy
Mary d'Arcy's project aims to challenge the 'norm' of purely ornamental and stereotypical representations of women in the media and advertising. The work uses the female body to produce more unconventional images of real women. She found inspiration in photographers such as Sam Taylor Wood and Richard Avedon's fashion images. Advertising campaigns attempt to draw in the viewer using obvious, contrived images. Distorted body image is prevalent among women. Here the aim was to present the subjects to the viewer in a more imaginative manner. Subjects were asked to make their own shapes for the camera, and this freedom of movement resulted in a series of portraits of women in unusual poses, some contorted, some relaxed.
Gerry Blake • Mary D'Arcy • Serena Kitt • Catherine Lennon • James Lillis • Leon McAleenan • Aisling McCoy • Alison McDonnell • David Murphy • Kelly O'Brien • Andrew O'Dwyer • Nicola Whelan •
Blackpool and the Fylde College
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Mid Cheshire College
Foundation Degree Contemporary Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Cleveland College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
De Montfort University
BA (Hons) Photography and Video
University of Derby
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University College Falmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University for the Creative Arts Farnham
BA (Hons) Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media (Part Time)
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Hereford College of Arts
FDA Photography
The National College of Art & Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Photographic Art
University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Portsmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
Staffordshire University
FDA Creative & Cultural Industries, Digital Media
Swansea Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts