I’m a member of the photographic collective, west and our debut exhibition opens on the 2nd July at the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton. Our intention as a group is to come together and exhibit on a twice-yearly basis. Our individual interests as photographers are very diverse and this creates a dynamic group aesthetic.

(photograph from my ‘Lapsed Memories’ project. Featured on degree show website)

It’s probably about time I let you know a little more about me and my practice as a photographer. I have a personal website at www.jomorgan.co.uk but it’s been a very long time since it was last updated, although it has a lot of my uni work from about 2 years up there if you have any desire to check that out. I recommend you view it in Firefox, it looks a bit odd in Internet Explorer (I haven’t checked it out in Safari or Chrome or any other browser)

My interests lie in the link between photography and memory, which is obviously a vast subject area but I am concerned with a few aspects in particular. One of which is the ability of the camera to capture a particular moment accurately, and how true it is to how you experienced the moment it represents. Similarly, I am interested in the way a photograph can influence your recollection of an event. Often an old photograph can make you question your own memory of that time and can alter how you recall it in the future. This is often the kind of image used in photo therapy, a subject I wrote my dissertation on and one I will certainly visit in a future post on this blog. Thirdly, I am fascinated with how we use photography to collect and archive our memories. Ever since I can remember my family and I’m sure other people’s families have taken cameras out to special events and carefully filed the resulting photographs away in albums. With the rise of digital photography, this archiving tends to take place online but the principle is the same.

A selection of photographs from The Forgotten Negatives Project will be displayed at our exhibition at the Light House and if you’re in the Wolverhampton/West Midlands area any time in July I’d love for you to pop along and have a look. It opens on Friday 2nd July and there will be a private viewing 6-9pm on that day and it the exhibition will remain open until 29th July.