Monday 31 October 2011

Shine

My work is featured on Coley Porter Bell's website! Check out mine and all the other finalists entries here

Saturday 22 October 2011

Shine Awards

I entered the Shine Awards competition earlier this summer with my cats project and was chosen as one of the finalists! The competition is run by Coley Porter Bell every year and each finalist is asked to produce a poster idea for next years competition. Here is my entry:



The winner will be announced on 2nd November.

Tuesday 7 June 2011

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Check out this blog that's featured on Its Nice That, pretty cool. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney washing up is brilliant.

Friday 27 May 2011

First Time Buyers

Acting as stepsisters, Hannah Myatt and I became first time inexperienced house buyers with a budget of £5 million. Through local estate agents and our pretend story, we tested 14 houses to the extremes and questioned, are there good enough hiding places and do the clothes ad shoes fit in the wardrobes? A really fun project with the added bonus of checking out huge mansions with wine cellars and swimming pools!






Cargo

Check out my new Cargo page at cargocollective.com/helenferguson

Tuesday 17 May 2011

'LAST' Private View

The private view was a big success! It was a great feeling to have my photographs shown in an exhibition, everyones work looked really good and we all had a great day in Petworth. The show runs until the 4th June so take a look at the Arden and Anstruther Gallery, Petworth.

The 'Legacy' book produced by a group of third years is also featured in It's Nice That which is pretty cool.










Sunday 8 May 2011

'Last'

"Paul Arden, The Legend lives on in the fifth show of unconventional photography and fine art by young photographers and designers at the Arden & Anstruther Gallery in Petworth. It will be the last show Kingston will exhibit at the gallery before its closure in September 2011. It also coincides with the launch of a book which celebrates Kingston's relationship with Paul Arden and his gallery from 2006-2011 and Paul's influence as a teacher and thinker on the work produced in the five extraordinary shows Kingston has held there, Strong Stuff 2006 Unphotography 2007 Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite 2009 Stolen 2010 and LAST 2011. 'LAST' opens at the Arden & Anstruther Photographic Gallery on 30th April 2011"


"25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester,
Fred & Rose West,
1967-1987,
Tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young 
women & girls, including Fred's step-daughter Charmaine."



"Sterling Gardens, New Cross, South East London,
Nigel Edward Farmer,
2008,
Bound, gagged and tortured 2 French students, 
Laurent Bonomo & Gabriel Ferez over several hours 
and stabbed them more than 240 times."



"50 Irvine Drive, Margate,
Peter Tobin,
2006-2009,
Raped and murdered Angelika Kluk, Vicky 
Hamilton & Dinah McNicol. Their bodies were 
found buried under the garden patio."


Working with Rosie Ferris, we wanted to show the significance of these ordinary looking houses by contrasting a mundane looking photograph with a shocking caption. We discovered that people currently live in the last two properties and were interested in the sense of normality that is apparent in and around these locations.

Thank you to Toni Arden for all your hard work

Friday 29 April 2011

Inland Empire trailer


I just watched Inland Empire, one of the wierdest films I've ever seen, of course this was expected from David Lynch. Brilliant film.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Cats Cats Cats


I cannot break it to my Mum that my obsession with cats ended when I was 12 years old. If she continues to buy me cat related presents at the same rate, I will end up owning 324 cat items by the time I’m 75 years old.