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Hannah Starkey Short Biography
b. 1971, Belfast, Norther Ireland Studied Photography and Film at the
Napier University, Edinburgh and Photography at the Royal College of Art, London
Lives and works in London, UK Briefly a fashion photographer, she
has been actively exhibiting in group and solo shows since 1997, mainly in Europe
Hannah StarkeyProcess that may be specific to the work
Tableau photography Highly preconceived work Artist recreates a mental image of
the scene Locations are carefully selected Uses actors Moved from film to digital -
meticulously staging to digital manipulation
Hannah StarkeyThemes and concepts common in her work
Does not work in series each photograph stands on it's own
Takes fascinatingly ambiguous photographs that demand to be understood but resist easy explanation
Viewer is compelled to figure out each image
Names works “Untitled” followed by the month and year
Banal moments of the everyday life
Hannah StarkeyProcess that may be specific to the work
(contd)
Passing of time, waiting Memory, contemplation, existential
alienation Post-modern approach to reality: critic
Val Williams has written 'It is as if she has taken the notion of the "real"... and made it much more precise'
‘explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective'
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, May 1997
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, October 1998
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, August 1999
Hannah StarkeyButterfly Catchers, 1999
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, January 2000
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, January 2001
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2002
Hannah StarkeyThe Dentist 2004
Hannah StarkeyUntiteled, August 2006
Hannah StarkeyUntiteled, June 2007
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, June 2007
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, November 2007
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, September 2008
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, Feburary 2009
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2009
Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2010
Hannah Starkeydraws from: Diane Arbus
Lady Bartender at Home with a Souvenir Dog
Hannah Starkeydraws from: Helen Levitt
New York, ca. 1971
Hannah Starkeydraws from: Jeff Wall
“Picture for Women,” 1979
Hannah Starkeydraws from: Andreas Gursky
Times Square, N.Y., 1997
Hannah Starkey draws from: Candida Hoffer
Palais Garnier, Paris
Question
How does personal experience informs her work?