For our main practitioner, who is going to represent the overall festival, we have chosen the work of Kyle Thompson, who is a self portrait photographer who is still relatively unknown in the photographic world, but is becoming more recognised for his self portrait fine art work.
My photographer was Maurice Heesen and we all agreed that his work contained subject matter that some members of the public may find offensive and graphic in nature.
I love Kyle Thompson's work because of the raw nature of his images, they show his struggle as a person and as a photographer, as well as document his thoughts and journey to becoming a photographer. I have followed Kyle Thompson's work for a number of years, so have witnessed the journey from his becoming an amateur photographer to a professional and recognised one. It would be nice to have someone so young who could connect with the students at the workshops on a personal level.
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