Léonie Hampton's guest appearances

Léonie Hampton

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Alys Tomlinson

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Mark Neville

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Annie Collinge

Brian Griffin

Laura Pannack

Éanna de Fréine

Daniel Regan

Hannah Starkey

Matt Stuart

Kalpesh Lathigra

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Léonie Hampton was born in London in 1978 and began to photograph at the age of seven with a pink and purple point-and-push Le Clic camera. After graduating in Art History at University College London and SOAS in 2000, she continued her studies in Photography at the London College of Communication. Since then she has exhibited in solo and group shows in the U.K. France, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Vienna, Italy and Canada. Successive photo-based projects have been funded by Wellcome Trust and the British Council and her 16-part photo Installation was purchased for the permanent collection of the MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie - Ville de Paris) in 2008. In 2011, her award-winning 184-page book In The Shadow Of Things was published by Contrasto (Italy). Léonie is a part-time teacher for MA Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. She co-founded and runs Still/Moving, a not-for-profit organisation hosting film and photography workshops and seminars. She lives and works in Devon, United Kingdom. In episode 092, Leonie discusses, among other things:   Starting photography at 7 years old!   Discovering the darkroom at boarding school   Assisting Tom Stoddart   Labours of Hercules   In The Shadow Of Things   Channeling obsessive characteristics into creativity   Collection In Person - her ‘albatros project’   Mend for the Rome Commission   Referenced:   Anders Petersen   Sarah Moon   Nan Goldin   Ray’s A Laugh   Antoine D’agata   Stuart Smith   Paul Graham   Tim Etchells   Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter “I work in the way of discovering through practice; but to find something I want to say. I don’t want to leave it in the land of unknown. I look for treasure within that experience and then I’m, like, ‘there it is!’ and I take that and I work with that.” EPISODE SPONSORED BY: THE MARTIN PARR FOUNDATION AND THE CHARCOAL BOOK CLUB

Léonie Hampton was born in London in 1978 and began to photograph at the age of seven with a pink and purple point-and-push Le Clic camera. After graduating in Art History at University College London and SOAS in 2000, she continued her studies in Photography at the London College of Communication. Since then she has exhibited in solo and group shows in the U.K. France, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Vienna, Italy and Canada. Successive photo-based projects have been funded by Wellcome Trust and the British Council and her 16-part photo Installation was purchased for the permanent collection of the MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie - Ville de Paris) in 2008. In 2011, her award-winning 184-page book <a href="http://www.leoniehampton.com/work/in-the-shadow-of-things" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In The Shadow Of Things</a> was published by Contrasto (Italy). Léonie is a part-time teacher for MA Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. She co-founded and runs <a href="http://www.stillmoving.org/home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Still/Moving</a>, a not-for-profit organisation hosting film and photography workshops and seminars. She lives and works in Devon, United Kingdom. In episode 092, Leonie discusses, among other things: <ul> <li> Starting photography at 7 years old! </li> <li> Discovering the darkroom at boarding school </li> <li> Assisting <a href="http://www.tomstoddart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Stoddart</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.leoniehampton.com/labours-of-hercules/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Labours of Hercules</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.leoniehampton.com/work/in-the-shadow-of-things" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In The Shadow Of Things</a> </li> <li> Channeling obsessive characteristics into creativity </li> <li> Collection In Person - her ‘albatros project’ </li> <li> <a href="http://www.leoniehampton.com/mend-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mend</a> for the Rome Commission </li> </ul> Referenced: <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Petersen_%28photographer%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anders Petersen</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Moon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Moon</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nan Goldin</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://vimeo.com/238554565" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ray’s A Laugh</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_d%27Agata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antoine D’agata</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.smith-design.com/portfolio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stuart Smith</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_%28photographer%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Graham</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Etchells" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Etchells</a> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.leoniehampton.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/leonie.hampton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leoniehamptonrealities/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonieHampton?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> “I work in the way of discovering through practice; but to find something I want to say. I don’t want to leave it in the land of unknown. I look for treasure within that experience and then I’m, like, ‘there it is!’ and I take that and I work with that.” EPISODE SPONSORED BY: <a href="https://www.martinparrfoundation.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THE MARTIN PARR FOUNDATION</a> AND <a href="https://charcoalbookclub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THE CHARCOAL BOOK CLUB</a>

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