I’ve been working with a series of film stills from the BBC documentary ‘Blackpool on Film’ and have incorporated stitch into the images by printing on to vilene and have hoped to add an element of intrigue and a darker subtext.
I’ve been experimenting with a number of alternative photography processes and like the translucency that is possible with transfers and printing on to different papers.
I have then combined these fragile images with cut out poetry that suggests a narrative and reflects on my own childhood memories.
Helen Stead is a recent graduate from the University of Salford with a B.A Hons in Visual Arts. Her work is predominantly photography based but also experiments with digital projections, sound and motion sensor cameras. She is currently based in the North West of England and since graduating has been working on a number of commissions to complete site specific work in Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally and live blogs all her projects from her website. Â
