Hannah Starkey is a British artist born in Belfast. She now works and lives in London, England. Starkey has been producing work since the 90's and has been in several group and solo exhibitions. Her work has been shown interanationally from Germany and Scotland to the Tel Aviv. Starkey uses actors and ordinary set ups to create her images. Her images read as a "moment in time" or a freeze frame of ordinary life.
Hannah Starkeys work is very inspirational to the series that I am working in at the moment. I love the way that she can create a narratives through her images. Her work is dynamic and evokes motion. I strive to create that kind of relationship between my characters in my images. I am also a fan of the lighting she uses. Her lighting is in a way cinematic and dramatic, but still simple. The lighting is realiastic to the setting but still evokes a mood, almost nostalgia.
"Using actors within carefully considered settings, Hannah Starkey’s photographs reconstruct scenes from everyday life with the concentrated stylisation of film."
Saatchi Gallery. Selected Works by Hannah Starky. 2010. Web. http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/hannah_starkey.htm.
"...she likes to explore "everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective". She does so by using generally female actors to create large-scale tableaux, in which the protagonists act out carefully staged scenarios. Her images often portray moments of quiet drama, touching upon areas of experience which are familiar but which remain unspoken or below the surface. "
V&A. Exploring Photography:Photographers: Hannah Starkey. Web. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/photographerframe.php?photographerid=ph062
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