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Hannah Ali
20 Oaklands Avenue, Adel, Leeds, LS16 8NR
07817 590 784
hannahaliphotography@hotmail.com
Work Experience
Photography Assistant (Full Time) York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX
May 11 2011 – Present
Photography Assistant to Jeremy Phillips (Work Experience) Various Locations
2010 - Various Days
As part of my college course I had to undertake photography related work experience. I assisted home interior photographer Jeremy Phillips. Who works with journalist Heather Dickinson to get stories of self-build projects and major house renovations for magazines such as ‘Built It’ and ’25 Beautiful Homes’.
The work including driving to various houses across North and West Yorkshire (Phillips works all across the UK) to spend the day dressing rooms to photograph them as interior spaces as well as particular details, taking in mind the architectural layouts and designs for the more architect based magazines.
Photography Assistant (Part Time) York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX
2007 – 2010
I split my time between the two different roles of the racecourse photographer. During the major meetings I mainly took photographs around the course for use in promotional material. This meant that I had to approach members of the crowd to pose for photographs as well as photograph the different areas and facilities across the racecourse in use with a variety of wider views of the locations and detail shots. The other role of the racecourse photographer is the editing and printing. The owners of the winning horse must have a mounted print of their horse winning the race as well as a USB stick containing images taken before, during and after the race, including the presentations. This had to be turned around in a very short window of time and required a high level of time management as well as organizational skills and the ability to keep in control when things go array as there are many external factors that are liable to affect the procedures.
Photographer (Contractor) Hearthstead Construction
2007 - Present
I have worked over the last few years with Hearthstead Homes Ltd, which has now become Hearthstead Construction to produce exterior and interior images of their sites upon completion for use in promotional material (such as their website, The Yorkshire Post and estate agents).
Education
Blackpool and the Fylde College, Blackpool
2008 - 2011 - Photography BA (Hons) Predicted 2-1
Park Lane College Feather Bank Centre, Leeds
2006 - 2008 - Photography A-Level (C)
Abbey Grange C of E Humanities College, Leeds
2001 - 2008 - Sociology A-Level (C), English Language A-Level (D), 11 GCSE's (4 A's, 7 B's)
Skills
2008 - Brownie Guide Leader Qualification
2007 - Step into Sports (Sports Leadership Qualification)
2006 - CSLA (Community Sports Leasdership Award)
Exhibitions
Solo
15.05.2010 - 26.06.2010 - "The Gipton Photography Project"
The Church of the Epiphany,
Beech Lane
, Gipton
, Leeds, LS9
Group
03.07.2007 - 01.09.2007 - "Track and Place" part of "North+South
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
17 - 26.11.2006 Royal College of Art "Secret"
16 - 24.11.2007 Royal College of Art, London
14 - 22.11.2008
13 - 21.11.2009
12 - 20.11.2010
23.11.2009 - 02.01.2010 - "The Blackpool Art Fair"
The Grundy, Blackpool
22.05.2010 - 25.09.2010 - "Coast"
Lancaster Maritime Museum, Custom House, Saint George's Quay, Lancaster, LA1 1RB
07.06.2011 - 11.06.2011 - "The Northern Sky"
Cube Gallery, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6FB
14.06.2011 - 19.06.2011 - "Blackpool Graduate Show"
AOP Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4QS
Evaluation
As this project is suppose to be referring to the clubs across the UK closing down though (the most often cited reasons) the lack of younger people joining due to Sky TV and cheap alcohol from the supermarkets, which has led to financial problems for many clubs, I specifically chose two clubs that had been privatised.
The set of images produced in this project work together as a series even though they are so different in their colour schemes because the project is about the people, although the images are uninhabited, as much as it is the space. With the aim of exploring the history and privatisation of former C.I.U. affiliated clubs in the Blackpool area, the images try to reflect the communities built over several decades within the clubs and what those communities are now based around.
Whilst the wider shots provide context and a setting for the project the detail shots highlight the previously mentioned communities. In the two clubs I have been focusing on the main thing that brought the members together was the pool and snooker leagues that take place between the clubs. There is a lot of organisation goes into the running of a league and this is evidenced in the details by the various notices, tables and fixture lists displayed around the clubs. In the wider shots the clubs affiliation with pool and snooker is obvious through the predominance of pool and snooker tables in the clubs.
Whilst I would not say there is a particularly dominant style coming through in the detail shots particularly I tried to frame them fairly consistently, and tried to make sure the rest of the shot was not too clustered to distract. Whilst I have moved quite close in for a lot of the detail shots I tried to maintain a slight distance between the view and the focus of the images so that the viewer can view the club and it’s values without being there. Inclusion through exclusion.
I have tried to keep bold colours through out the images, which has been maintained to some extent I think. I struggled to fit together or balance the very bold and bright colours found in Waterloo Social Club with the paler and less ‘in your face’ creams and subdued greens found in The Blackpool Trades Club.
Competitions Entered this term.
Nikon Student Awards
The Nikon brief came sooner than I had had chance to colour balance and shoot enough for the images to include anything from 303 particularly. These are the images i sorted out and entered.
Source Awards
The Nikon brief came sooner than I had had chance to colour balance and shoot enough for the images to include anything from 303 particularly. These are the images i sorted out and entered.
Source Awards
Statement: This body of work explores how social clubs have maintained strong communities, despite their struggle to survive in a difficult economic climate. Rather than focus on the individual members, I have chosen to look for the traces of community evident in the empty clubs.
Website: www.hannahaliphotography.co.uk
Email: hannahaliphotography@hotmail.com
Portfolio
For inclusion in my portfolio I have chosen the following images as I feel that they are a god overall representation of the kind of work I enjoy and hope to continue to produce. I felt that rather than include lots of little bits from various projects i would limit it to two as my work whilst not necessarily a narrative can be seen to tell a story so to speak, or have some form of theoretical idea behind it that is not always communicable through only a couple of images.
I chose the 6 from 302 as they are, in my opinion, the strongest 3 sets with the detail shots being the most considered part of the decision as the house shots are suppose to be 'the same'.
The 303 images included are so because i think in only 3 or 4 images from each club they most show what the clubs represent to their members, as well as showing the communities that thrive within them through the mixture of more context setting shots and detail shots.
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I was inclined to include these images from the final project in second year last year as i feel they communicate more they style in which i like to shoot i think. But i don't think these four images show enough of the project, and honestly i dont have time to rescan and colour balance them right now. maybe there'll be time after the hand in to get a couple more done.
I was hoping to be able to put in these two images from the trades club as I was still hoping to be able to get in touch with someone to further the project. However now that the club has closed I can't see this going any where any time soon. I also keep toying with the idea that I can fit these in with the rest of the WMC images from 303 but I think they stand out as very much different and show a side to the communities and the clubs not explored in Waterloo Social and the rest of the Blackpool Trades Club images particularly.
Final Edit and Accomanying Statement
This project aims to explore the history and privatisation of many former C.I.U. affiliated clubs in the Blackpool area. The clubs that have privatised are still, on the whole, members only clubs so subs are paid and committees are still in place to aid with the general runnings of the clubs.
Many clubs across the UK are closing down through a variety of factors, though most often cited is the lack of younger people joining due to Sky TV and cheap alcohol from the supermarkets; with this in mind my aim is to try to capture the history to draw positive attention back to the clubs.
I have focused the project on two clubs in Blackpool; Waterloo Social Club on St Annes Road and The Blackpool Trades Club on Chadwick Street. Both of the clubs have long histories, Waterloo being built at the turn of the twentieth century and the The Trades Club in 1929; and both are now privatized through members buying out the clubs to save them being closed through bankruptcy. By privatizing the clubs they are taking them off the C.I.U. and so are no longer affiliated.
This body of work explores how social clubs have maintained strong communities, despite their struggle to survive in a difficult economic climate. Rather than focus on the individual members, I have chosen to look for the traces of community evident in the empty clubs.
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