Biography
Andrew Jackson is a photographer and lecturer based in Birmingham and
is a graduate of the MA Documentary Photography programme at Newport,
University of Wales, where he studied under Paul Seawright and Ian Walker.
Jackson's practice spans both commissioned and self-initiated projects.
He is currently producing a commissioned series for London School of
Economics Arts that explores the ways in which changing geographical
space impacts upon the psychological spaces of economic migrants to
Britain.
Intrinsic to his work is a desire to observe contemporary human existence
and the inherent paradoxes found within the collisions, transactions
and dislocations that reveal themselves within the built environment.
These observations utilise the 'realism' of documentary photography
but another facet to Jackson's practice has also seen the introduction
of text, video and sound recording to enable the construction of pluralistic
narratives.
Statement
"I was born in the West Midlands in a town called Dudley, and indeed
I still live and work within the region. Initially then, I was interested
in exploring the concept of - What is England - via an observation of
the region of my birth.
So when I was allocated the East Midlands, an area that I have no connection
to whatsoever, I was perhaps a little concerned.
I'm not sure what the coming months will bring or what they will reveal
about me, my photography or my perceptions of the East Midlands - and
in turn England from this - but I look forward to the challenge and
look forward too to finding out what the photographs reveal."