I had my own graphics business for a while and worked in advertising. ![]() I was accepted to the graphics course, and from then on, every job I had was because of my “Clean Artwork.” I worked hard to earn this accolade due to the graphics tutor who once said, “Don’t ever do graphic design your work is too arty/too scruffy and not precise.” I remember saying to myself, “I’ll show him.” I worked and worked at that precision, and it paid off. I did not have the finances to continue in photography initially. He encouraged me in my painting and helped this completely ‘lacking in self-confidence’ student to apply for art college, where this love of photography took off. At school, my biggest influential teacher was the art teacher at Tredegar Grammar School. I was always interested in animals from an early age, and my career plan was to be a vet. This is what I wanted to continue using as my main influence in both art and photography. I still maintained my interest in fine art, and I was particularly drawn to the Chiaroscuro of Caravaggio and the skills of Rembrandt’s self-portraits to use those flashes of natural light. My initial thoughts of concentrating on painting slowly disappeared, and photography/graphics took over. My concentration was on photography: portraiture, still-life, and landscape from that time. Luckily I had ironed my wavy hair that day! I remember walking into the darkroom and encountering the smell of the chemicals and thought, “I’m home” The photography tutor took a photo of my profile to use as an example. We worked in film, and I was given a Mamiya Medium Format Camera to use for that year. ![]() Please tell us about yourself and how you got into photography.Īlma Leaper: I was introduced to photography at the foundation stage at Cardiff College of Art.
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