About Danielle Spanton
I am a landscape and portrait photographer based in Norwich, Norfolk. My most recent project, ‘The negative and me’, is based around the experience of being isolated and I have photographed this feeling through landscapes in combination with self-portraits. This project allowed me to express my feelings through photography, it is a way to relieve how I am feeling and to let go of all thoughts which make me feel isolated. The reason I chose photography to show this feeling is because of the impact it can have from the scale and size when printed and how immersive my photography is. My landscapes are shot on a wide-angle lens to capture the scale of the landscape enveloping me within the image to convey this feeling of isolation.
The locations that I shoot in are only around Norwich and Haverhill, they are purely familiar landscapes to me or ones which I remember growing up in. I shoot with natural lighting and primarily use a digital camera. In previous projects, such as ‘Covid-19 in Norwich’ I have presented my work in photobooks, however, my current project will be exhibited, and I will have four framed landscapes for this. ‘Covid-19 in Norwich’ was showing how my hometown had changed due to the global pandemic and how isolated we were in our homes along with feeling this. I then progressed that feeling into my new project where I focus around my personal journey with isolation. For future work I will be continuing my work on ‘The negative and me’ and this will be presented in a photobook.
Education
2012 - 2017
Thorpe St Andrew High School
2017 - 2019
Photography at City College Norwich
2019 - 2022
BA (Hons) Photography at Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge
Awards
2022
Eaton Portrait Prize, UK, shortlist.
Exhibitions
Group
2019
LALA 19, St Margerets Church of Art, Norwich UK.
2022
2022
Secret Showcase, Cambridge School of Art, UK.
Free Range, Truman Brewery, London, UK.