Case Study One

Leila Miller: The M.A. Show

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When I heard that the boarding school I attended in my teens was closing and most of the buildings would be demolished, I knew I wanted to photograph it. I arranged access to the buildings and started to photograph how it had felt when I had lived there. Gradually I realized that the methods and styles I was using to photograph the building and the process of its changing, reflected my own personal journey. It wasn’t a representation of a linear narrative but a collection of perspectives. I didn’t plan how to show the work when I started, I just knew it was a project I wanted to do. Some projects I have ...

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