The Artist
Lisa Ann
Scott was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester on the 7th December
1975. She has lived all over Manchester, north and south, and
currently lives in Whitefield.
She had
no formal training in art or photography, apart from a GCSE
in art and design, where she admits to having been the 'five
minute wonder' girl in her art class at school.
Her problem
(although now she sees it as an advantage) was that she got
other ideas whilst working on one thing and rushed to finish
it.........She
says:
"
...My work starts out as a photograph. I manipulate my images
to create what I want to achieve mood-wise. I mainly work
with self portraits, simply because I am available all the
time, although I do point the camera the other way occasionally
and try to capture something different - city streets, my
children, friends.......I also create images using other people's
pictures exchanged by email. I sometimes collaborate with
other photographers, which is fun to do and gives me a break
from my own view on life.
I like
using my photographs to create stories; this is something
I'd like to do more of in the future as my skills develop".
Lisa only
picked up her first camera in 2003, and is completely self-taught
- therefore still very much in the experimental stage of her
work.
She believes
that her lack of technical knowledge is in some ways an advantage
in that she's not afraid to break the rules (because she doesn't
know any) and prefers to be able to work to her own standards,
developing her own ideas for the time being, and while she's
still quite new to it all. Lisa goes on to say:
"...I'm
having lots of fun, which is what I think is the most important
thing. I don't have any special techniques but I often find
myself using blurs and movement in some of my pictures and
change the lighting to create surreal images".
She admits
to only using a digital camera, and has only been in a dark
room once (it was too dark!!). Digital images and the software
she uses allow her to be creative at the speed that her ideas
develop.
Lisa's inspirations
vary, depending what kind of mood she's in when taking pictures.
Her favourite artist is L S Lowry, probably because, as she
says, she spent her early childhood living in the same area
of Salford as he did, and she loves the way he captured the
working class in his images and dark portraits.
Eventually
she'd like to be able to make images for the public using their
own photographs, and interpreting them in her own way to take
that step further than just digital enhancement.
At the moment
her work can be seen on a host site, but she intends to create
her own dedicated website soon.
Meantime,
you can see a full portfolio of Lisa's work at the "PhotoSeen"
website at:
