Jade Birchnall is currently studying BA (Hons) Photography at Manchester University. Jade used to be a student at Burton and South Derbyshire college, she is now in her third year of a degree in photography at manchester.
Jade began some of her more recent work with portraits of her grandmother, who was recently diagnosed with dementia, she wanted to record her deteriorating mind. With this project Birchnall took along to the photo-shoot a dictaphone, which she told her grandmother was a light-meter, secretly recording her grandmother speaking naturally about her everyday life, showing her forgetfulness. This sound was played whilst the images of her grandmother were shown. This gave the images an added depth, the conversation was very natural and earthy, which matched the style of the images, giving a true representation of her grandmother. The sound recording made the viewing experience much more personal, giving an in-depth insight to the lady's life.
look at other pieces of her work at :
http://jadebirchnallphotography.tumblr.com/
Jade Birchnall is currently studying BA (Hons) Photography at Manchester University. Jade used to be a student at Burton and South Derbyshire college, she is now in her third year of a degree in photography at manchester.
