Using a camera allows you to edit out the bits of your environs that you don't want to see - composition is everything in photography and in this way I can find the beautiful areas often obscured by scale, or location, and highlight them by focusing on the detail.
I am drawn to the urban landscape and although not a native to Reading I did choose to live here because this town is so very beautiful and photographic. This year, amongst other things, I have been looking at the bricks of the place, up, towards the often unseen architectural details dotted below the skyline.
On this 10th anniversary of the Whiteknights Studio Trail I am looking forward to exhibiting with Claire Morris, guest sculptor.
This summer I will be working with RBC and Whitley Arts Festival as part of the Reading Salon (Photography society) along with fellow Salon and WST member, Shane Gunning. We will be judging the "Our Whitley" photographic competition - this may give me even more of an excuse to put Reading under the lens!
Anne-Marie Carroll has exhibited widely and has had her photography commissioned by South Hill Park and The Eastern Touring Agency, funded by the Arts Council of England.
