Amelia’s Magazine | LONDON EXPOSED by Julija Svetlova

Category: Art

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Julija Svetlova is a prolific freelance photographer based in East London. Her love of photography began when she started experimenting with analogue cameras as a teenager in St Petersburg. In 2003 she joined the Hermitage Museum's photographic laboratory before moving to London to study Digital Lens-based Image Making at London College of Communication. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. In 2011 she became a runner-up in the prestigious Fitzrovia Photography prize. In 2012 she contributed to Photography: The New Basics published by Thames & Hudson. Julija Svetlova explains the inspiration behind her solo exhibition:

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'London is being photographed by thousands people every day. There are many iconic buildings and views here but for me the question is, how to avoid descending into cliché? For a truly devoted Londoner such as myself, famous sightseeing spots are just one more way to check my photographic credibility. How can I photograph Big Ben and not repeat the millions of postcard and T-shirt images we have seen already? It's actually easy when you keep your eyes wide open and let your imagination float. Working with the double exposure technique and a variety of film cameras I create my dream-like photographs that show London’s familiar landmarks in a new way.'

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Julija Svetlova Pigeons

Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10 am to 7 pm.
Private View: 10th of April, 2014 from 6.30 to 9.30 pm