I am interested
in exploring identity in relation to landscapes and spaces and how these
work as metaphors for emotional states. In my work I often include elements
of fairy tales to evoke a childlike perception of the location. I have
been researching how contemporary artists have dealt with and presented
the fairy tale. My main influences are painter Paula Rego, director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, author Angela Carter and photographers Sarah Moon
and Robert Doisneau. Although based in London I frequently revisit my
hometown in Norway where I tend produce my work. The images shown are
a selection made from three separate projects done over the past three
years.
My most
recent body of work is "The Girl in the Mirror" which consists
of a small book of images. In this project I set out to explore the
subject of childhood. I acted as both model and photographer, using
the camera like a mirror. The process of my image making was one of
intuition. The images were made after I got out of bed, in the middle
of the night, or in between daily routines, reflecting my emotional
state at those times, emotions also experienced as a child.
In the
second project I was particularly interested in using colour as symbolism
and creating the landscapes I had imagined in my childhood while reading
fairy tales. Each image suggests a narrative without a defined beginning
or end. I wanted to emphasise the sense of loneliness and vulnerability
experienced as a child by placing the small person in the huge, but
at the same time, claustrophobic landscapes.
The final
project is an ongoing project consisting of a large number of Polaroid
pictures. The images are a documentation of my everyday life.
Ingvild
L. Holm graduated from Kent Institute of Art and Design in 2004 with
a BA (hons) in Editorial & Advertising Photography. She then moved
to London to pursue a photographic career.
The first
time she exhibited her work was in 1998 when she was the youngest contributor
at one of the most important yearly events in the Norwegian art scene,
The Governmental
Norwegian Autumn Exhibition in Oslo, Norway. In 2002 she was commissioned
by the Norwegian embassy to produce a photographic image for their promotional
calendar. In June 2004 she won a merit award in the Association Of Photographers
Student Awards, A series of five pictures were exhibited as well as
being published in Image magazine.
Additionally
she has been part of several group exhibitions in the UK amongst which,
This Living Thing at the Royal Society of Art, London, June 2004. The
show was a collaboration between 35 photographers resulting in a book
production and book launch.
