Victoria Spofforth

Leeds Metropolitan University : Graphic Art and Design (First class honours degree)

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Artist Statement:

The photographs form part of three different projects I have undertaken over the past eighteen months. The first six images have been selected from my adorned series. The images are concerned with the domestic English Interior,
from the inner city tower block to ostentacious suburbia. I have become fascinated by how people decorate and furnish their homes, and how the personality and ideals of the occupants are reflected through these spaces.

Another idea which surfaces in all my work is the British ideology towards the countyside. This is clearly evident in my study of urban interiors, the rich suburba with their country like names. Field View, Tudor Lodge, and the high rise blocks with their floral paraphernalia and ornately framed pictures of idyllic country scenes.

We seem to be aspiring to a way of life which no longer exists. In many ways the countryside is home to much of the deprivation and poverty of some inner city areas, and in recent years I feel many aspects of country life have become overworked and insincere. This romanticism of the countryside inspired me to look at the areas of Britain which are not romanticised, but those that have retained their original character, unaffected by the monotony of the modern world. The black and white photographs are taken at a country car car boot sale and show a much less romantic view of this suppoisidly idyllic rural setting. The remaining images are taken in roadside cafes, a once established part of life on the road in Britain,however sadly these places are dying out.

Victoria Spofforth

Leeds Metropolitan University : Graphic Art and Design (First class honours degree)