Entry Title: " Courts"
Name: Elliott Wilcox, United Kingdom


Entry Description: This work examines representations of the enclosed spaces of sports courts. In photographing the empty courts, absent of the fast paced action we are so familiar with, these environments reveal themselves in a new light. The courts have one single use a ball game, with all their complicated rules and regulations. These normally sub conscious spaces become alive. Much like a gallery space is missed to the artwork, the space of these courts is missed to the sport. These large format images are slow and deliberate. The non-judgemental image creates an experience to explore, a path to revealing the unnoticed and exposing the unexposed, consequently romanticising the courts.

Elliott Wilcox is a South Coast based, British photographer who graduated from the University of Wales, Newport with a BA in Photographic Art in 2008. He has been the recipient of several awards including a Judges Award at the Nikon Discovery Awards and a New York Photo Award in 2009. Elliott has exhibited internationally and in the UK, his work was part of Singapore’s first International Photography Festival and selected for both Catalyst Arts Belfast and the Crane Kalman Gallery Brighton’s Graduate showcase exhibitions. His work is set to be featured in the Magenta Foundation’s latest publication on the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent, ‘Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2009’, and New York Photography Festival and the New York Photo Awards Annual 2009. Forthcoming projects for 2009 include an artist run group exhibition featuring works from artists affiliated with ‘MurmurArt’ which is set to run in autumn 2009. In October 2009 Elliott is set to start a Masters degree in London, he hopes to continue developing his photographic practice and pushing the boundaries of his medium. Elliott is currently working on his latest project ‘Courts’.