Metro Imaging has for many years collaborated with the FREE RANGE Graduate showcase at Truman Brewery and this year we return with two Graduate Mentorship Awards.

Metro Imaging established it’s mentorship programme in 2005, the platform has delivered hundreds of bespoke mentoring opportunities via academic and non-academic pathways. Mentees are supported as they make the next steps with practical in studio experiential learning; access to some of the UK’s top technicians and printers; introductions to industry professionals; as well as support in Social Media and Professional Development. The scheme is widely recognized as a meaningful and impactful support network for emerging talent.

Metro is proud to announce that this years winners are Jade Weir from University of Central Lancashire and Tiago Valeiro from University of Porstmouth. Both students were selected from a judging panel that toured this year’s showcases and very much look forward to welcoming them onto the platform .

You can find out more about our students services including the mentorship here, as well as our extensive range of student discounts and services. We also offer lab tours and deliver extensive PPD institution workshops and lectures. Why not drop us an email or if you are in London, make an appointment and come by to see us at the lab.

Upper images ©JadeWeir2023 Lower images ©TiagoValeiro2023

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THE WORK

Hala -Steve Macleod, Black Box Projects

“The longer we stare at nothing, the more chance that something will appear to us, creating an unfathomable aura and thoughtful meaning.” – Steve Macleod says of new series Hala, a project inspired by photographs captured by British explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger. This new body of work documents the vast landscape of the Al Hajar Peninsula in the United Arab Emirates, one of the most desolate and inhospitable areas in the region. The mountain range offers a true vision of wilderness; empty and devoid of human presence.

Hala will be shown for the first time as part of Photo London with Black Box Projects  and include limited edition fine art Giclée prints produced here at Metro Imaging on both Hahnemühle Photo Rag and German Etching papers.

THE ARTIST

Steve Macleod is a British landscape photographer whose career has spanned over 20 years. He shoots on a large-format camera, using nature to share the conceptual impact and influence it can have on our emotions; our health and our imagination

THE GALLERY

Black Box Projects specialises in contemporary photography and contemporary art that is created using photographic materials. The gallery is committed to working with artists who push the limits of traditional photographic practice. The gallery does not keep a permanent space, instead it arranges pop-up exhibitions in order to tailor the experience to the individual needs of the artist and the work.

“For Photo London 2018, Black Box Projects presents Steve Macleod’s latest series and the UK debut of ‘Hala’. Shot in the United Arab Emirates between 2015-2017, it is the first time Macleod has published work taken outside of the UK. The series is printed as archival inkjet on highly textured watercolour paper giving the works a painterly style reminiscent of early Japanese watercolours and a tactile quality that harks back to Pictorialist aesthetic values.” – Black Box Projects on Macleod’s series Hala.

Check out ‘Hala’ with The Black Box Projects at Photo London in the Discovery section of the fair form May 17th – May 20th at Somerset House.

ALL IMAGES © Steve Macleod

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