Jamie Durling
Jamie Durling

Jamie’s work is created in one of two mindsets each of which has a drastic effect on the final piece.  Often, Jamie will spend a lot of time developing a coherent conceptual framework which will often originate from an idea taken from the things that influence him as an artist; films, paintings, books  or everyday occurrences in which Jamie have played a part or witnessed.
These ideas will then be researched and developed over time and often culminate in a single photo shoot which will be overseen with meticulous attention to detail, adding/removing objects from the frame which are desirable/unwanted.  These are more often than not narrative scenes which require people to ‘act out’ certain parts in order for Jamie to achieve the desired result.
The other side to Jamie’s work is rather more spontaneous, and involves very little thought and planning.  The images shown here from Jamie’s book ‘One Hundred Colour Photographs’ were all shot in this way, eliminating the gestation period of a concept and ‘taking’ whatever it is that Jamie sees in the moment for what it is, without any alteration to the frame and its content.  Simply, a moment.

Education
Weston College (BTEC Photography)
Plymouth University/City of Bristol College (FdA Photography)
UWE (BA Photography)

Exhibitions
‘Frozen’ - Photographique, Bristol
‘Exposed’ – CentreSpace, Bristol
‘Dirge’ – Photographique, Bristol  http://projectdirge.com/

Publications
‘ One Hundred Colour Photographs’ available to buy from http://www.blurb.com/books/709261