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:
