KIRSTY MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY

About Kirsty Mitchell Artwork• British Artist who is interested in: costume, performance, fine art, storytelling, graphics and

photography• Her personal experiences and her mum being tragically diagnosed with cancer brought a

change in herself and artwork.• She wanted to portray her emotions and love for people in her beautiful photographs• She found photography like her escape and therapy where emotions such as joy, grief, loss

were portrayed.• Photography became her passion and she echoed stories to do with her experiences , dreams

and her mother• She produced a series called ‘Wonderland’ and found this a very transforming process and

journey

Learning Objectives

• To know more about the artist Kirsty Mitchell• To be able to design/draw images (that will

lead to photographs) inspired by the artist Kirsty Mitchell

• To understand more about the power of storytelling and creative photography

Film clip

• http://kirstymitchellphotography.com/portfolio/video-the-fade-of-fallen-memories/

Task

• Create some of your own drawings/designs inspired by the artist Kirsty Mitchell

• Is there a personal story or something significant going on in your life that you can share in your work?

• Choose a theme or a topic that you think you could eventually visually portray in photography

• Write notes when finished. Remember a theme, props, location etc

• Use the materials on the table