Tina and Geoff

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Photographer

Richard Ansett
Date of Photograph

19.11.2016
Technical Info

Mamiya DF+ credo 60
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Website

http://richardansett.com

This image is from a collaboration with Geoff and Tina, a lorry driver from Pitsea near Basildon, Essex. My interest is specifically in the transformation; the space between one identity and another. In common with my general practice I deal in uncertainties. The collaboration with this subject is an opportunity to explore the idea of a new identity free from limiting cultural foundations. Geoff and Tina focuses relentlessly on the detail that surrounds otherwise conventional narrative aesthetic and political considerations. It is a discussion on the nature of mortality and persona and the possibility of being liberated to find the courage to face the world as ourselves.

Biography

In over 25 years of working as a photographer my worldview has been shaped by an ongoing enquiry into my sense of place. As an adopted person with no information about my biological background my style and relationship to photography has been shaped from this foundation and I have come to realize that my fascination with other people’s lives is entirely relative to my own lack of understanding and dislocation. I am interested in the frames of reference through which society is viewed and my work is increasingly an attempt to convey the complexity of living in modern society.
Awards

2018 - Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition (x2 images) 2015 – Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition 2013 - First Prize, Prix de la Decouverte 2013 – Overall Winner – Arte Laguna Prize 2011 - Gold Award, Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2010 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009 - Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition 2008 - Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition 2007 – NPG Photographic Portrait Awards Shortlist Exhibition 2005 - Schweppes Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition (x2 images) 2003 - Schweppes Portrait Prize Shortlist Exhibition (x2 images) 2002 - John Kobal Award Shortlist Exhibition (x2 images)