Laura Guy
Laura Guy graduated from the University of Westminster in 2008. She is currently working on a book, commissioned by the Midlands Arts Centre and as curatorial assistant for ‘Inheritance Projects’. Her images and writing have been published in various arenas and she has exhibited in the UK and in China.
"When I was younger my only aspiration was to be a scientist but I wasn’t a very good one and decided to start a photography course instead. I am still not sure why I was drawn to photography; I think at first it was the simple chemistry of the dark room. I became obsessed with images, both taking them and writing about them, and on the guidance of one very inspiring technician applied to the University of Westminster to continue studying the subject. Sometimes I still see my background in science emerging in my photographic practice, but find that photography allows me a window onto so many other subjects that I am constantly relieved that I didn’t end up in a laboratory after all."
A Study In Grey
A Study in Grey comprises of a set of artist books about slate mining in Wales, UK. Once an
international exporter of the material, the country’s industry has now all but ceased to exist. The work seeks to locate the industry elsewhere and focuses on the last working slate mill in the area, which processes slate imported from China to the UK. The project was created as part of long walks taken in Wales and uses various found artefacts and archival images to make explicit the economic and historical connections between China and the UK. ‘A Study in Grey’ is concerned with the act of remembering when confronted by disappearance and the constant transformation of one thing into another.
