Josie Ainscough
Josie Ainscough
Josie Ainscough

Statement

Veiled

In a consumer driven society clothes can create identity, or even take over who we actually are. In these images the clothes veil the face and form a persona of their own, disturbing expectations. The kitsch fabrics and patterns, stereotypical western symbols of femininity, are almost seen to be suffocating the person, hiding their face from view but exposing other areas and creating a sense of vulnerability. The sense of being dominated or conditioned into a way of thinking what is conventionally beautiful by media and advertising parallels with how some women in other cultures are forced into a certain way of dressing and covering themselves out of modesty.

EDUCATION
University College Falmouth
Photography BA (2:1)                       2008-2011

Self Educated                                                 
Film Studies A Level (A)
English Literature A Level (B)      2007-2008

Cambridge Regional College                       
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Specialising in Multimedia (Merit)2006-2007

Private Tuition                                                   
Photography A Level (A)                 2006-2007

Cambridge Regional College                       
AS Levels (A, 3 B’s)                            2005-2006

The Red Balloon Learner Centre                               
GCSE (5 A’s, 2 B’s, 2 C’s)                 2003-2005

Josie’s work was published on the cover of Design Week magazine and was accompanied by an article featuring the Veiled series. Josie’s images were also published in The Sunday Times Magazine featuring graduates of photography in 2011. Josie had a successful exhibition at the Old Tuman Brewery in Brick Lane, London, and an upcoming exhibition in Weston- super-Mare.