Sam's Photography Exhibition
Posted on: November 16th 2018School News
Everyone in the MGS Art department is so proud of Sam Parrish-Lyne, whose photographic work detailing the plight of the homeless in Manchester was publicly exhibited at WeWork in Spinningfields, Manchester, yesterday.
Sam first started taking photographs of the homeless community in Manchester when he was aged 16. When a pupil says he’s been wandering around the city, talking to and photographing homeless people as he’s concerned about society, you pause. This work explores perception and encourages reflection.
He wanted others to connect with individuals he had met, to think about their personality, emotions, lifestyle and experiences through his work.
Now, at the age of 18, as part of his A-level Art course, he has developed a body of work and it was so great to see his work exhibited, with support from the charity Pledge, as part of the International Arts & Homelessness Festival.
The first piece sees photographs of a typical street scene in Manchester city centre. In each case, Sam removed a homeless person and placed them into a frame. The void in the photographs is noticeable and the displacement to a frame draws attention to the value of human life. The second piece utilises the convention of Warhol's screenprints. Here we see a repetitive image of a man. This piece is designed to make us think about how often we pass a member of the homeless community, and if we are blind to their identity.
Sam aspires to work in the field of photography and has run photography workshops.
