Intro
Welcome to photography, visual effects and graphic design at the University of West London.
Explore the exciting and dynamic outcomes from our students.
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- BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- BA (Hons) Games, Design and Animation
- BA (Hons) Interior Architecture
- BA (Hons) Photography
- BA (Hons) Visual Effects
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Ollie Slater
Ollie Slater
Oliver Slater, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, presents his graduate showreel.
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BA (Hons) Games, Design and Animation
Nikol Manolova
"The Void is a short animation 3D film (00:03:00 minutes in duration) with content for young adults of the age of 16 or above. The official creator is Nikol Manolova, a student from the University of West London. Nikol is on the Games, Design and Animation course. The student is working alone to create a Final Major Project from 16 February 2022 to 20 May 2022.
The story and narrative follow the thoughts of the main character Helena, who is pursuing her freedom of mind and soul, living in a futuristic world created by future humanity. She is an artificial intelligence showing her visions, fighting with her inner self and the real world where the human soul does not exist and only the physical and material matters. Helena is going on a journey to find the place called The Void and wake up.
The final goal is to have a personal insight into people's internal understanding of the new world created by our generation and how people's decisions will have a significant impact on the future, reducing physical touch with non-real ones. Spreading the awareness of how future decisions can destroy human nature by itself and have a big impact on the internal being of the persona."
- To find out more, please visit Nikol Manolova's website.
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BSc (Hons) Games, Design and Animation (West London Campus)
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BA (Hons) Interior Design
"AIM is to use the existing Old Session House building to design a mix-use building incorporating the Office environment for an advertising agency, a Hotel and well-being and public access spaces for our two different clients within the Old Session House located at 22 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0NA. The design will reflect the aim to create private, semi-private and open spaces where both users can emerge and interact.
- Main client: Mother who we are designing as part of their company the smaller spaces for Mother Research, Mother Digital, an Incubation hub for start-ups and collaboration/flexible spaces. Furthermore, the design will emphasise zones for a restaurant, and bar and include a gym, yoga/dance studio, spa, and interactive space with an auditorium space to bring the employees together. These refreshment & replenishment areas will be open to the public and have the facility for 24/7 access.
- Secondary client: Network of the Hospitality Industry (NEWH) for which we are designing hotel accommodation, members clubs & enabling access to the public zones (for 60-80 people). The design will incorporate flexible rooms and spaces to accommodate various users along with a new design of living for indoor & outdoor hotel capsules.
CONCEPT: the design outcome comes from my site analysis, using the sun direction as the key to my design and placing key zones and spaces to maximise this. Incorporating key design strategies for the focus on sustainability thoroughly in the design using sustainable materials, solar panels, green roofs, and rainwater collection. As part of the design, the well-being space is open to allow free circulation via the externally added lifts."
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BA (Hons) Interior Architecture (West London Campus)
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BA (Hons) Photography
The BA (Hons) Photography student work showcases a collection of individual approaches to photography, ranging from images reflecting on the impact of coastal erosion, to explorations of family life, attitudes towards body image and depictions of landscape and still life.
On the course we encourage a practical and critical exploration of photography, helping students to develop their own vision through tackling exciting modules which challenge their understanding of the medium. Technical skills form an important part of our approach and are considered an essential component of study in terms of underpinning creative ideas and exploration. The work you see on this page gives a snapshot of the extended final year projects and the associated research that students have undertaken throughout their final year.
Stefania Carli
Stefania Carli
Holly Chapman
“Outside minus Ten Days” is a project which documents the past six months of my life. What started out as a post-pandemic piece, ended up as a documentation of my life as normal. The title itself responds to Bo Burnham’s Inside, which is a self-directed comedy sketch summarising Burnham’s day-to-day life spent in isolation. Since this project started in October 2021, life has changed dramatically for me personally, which I have coped through music and art (just like Bo). This piece is the outcome of those times. I have handwritten each lyric to demonstrate the personal connection I have with the songs.
Imaani Erdogan
‘We Are Enough’ explores the intersectional issues of being a Black Queer person within the Black community. The feeling of being rejected by your own people or the sense that you cannot relate to others in your community can be a hard pill to swallow; there are many Black Queer folks who unfortunately experience such negative emotions. I feel that there is a divide within the Black community between heterosexual and homosexual people. There’s often a struggle between different ideologies that can come from personal and religious beliefs and it can sometimes segregate the Black community. This series contains images of individuals from the queer community whom I have previously collaborated with. My goal is to create photographic portraits that capture joy and also empowerment of their queer identity.
Lidia Lopez
As a black person, we’ve been told that we are ugly, we are dangerous, and we could never be someone admirable. This project is not to show off to the rest of the world how beautiful and powerful we are. This is for us, the black community. This is a message to remember that we do not need to change the way we are or the way we look to feel more validated in society. “Eve and Adam” aims to spread a message: the importance of loving yourself, who you are and how you look, before trying to love someone else. I focused on the black community because I believe that we need a reminder about how beautiful we are. Our skin, our features, our hair and our culture. We are black and we should be proud.
Fatbardha Salihu
In this work I took portraits of my cousin who is a Taekwondo practitioner and a practicing Muslim. With these portraits I am exploring a young Muslim woman's modesty, empowerment and freedom. The hijab which represents her religion is a part of my cousins’ identity. Contrary to some of the prevailing misconceptions, the hijab gives women the freedom to make choices such as practicing a sport like Taekwondo. I feel as though these images truly represent her strength, her modesty and her dedication to the sport.
- For more information, please visit Fatbardha Salihu's website.
Shanice Samra
My photographs are inspired by the story of "Heer and Ranjha", in particular its themes of immortal love, romance, tragedy and music. Drawing upon my Indian heritage, I included vibrant colours such as green, red, and bright yellow as well as Hindu and Sikh objects such as jaago (jug), pankha (fan) and mor pankh (peacock feathers) in my images. By focusing solely on Heer, I want to portray her as the dominant and central figure in this narrative of love and romance.
- For more information, please contact Shanice at shanicesamra4@gmail.com
Tobias Spyropoulos
From the “Mad Men” of the 1950’s to the present day, the aspirational and impossible themes of advertisements have resolutely had the beautiful, affluent, and iconoclastic at their fulcrum. "Upsold” aims to mobilise these binaries; that of beauty campaigns, social media and corporate mantras as seen in the US, which embody the capitalistic ideals of “winning”, juxtaposing them against the comparatively dull and mundane realities that comprise the lived experience. Between the chasm of the fictitious-cum-real world is where this project resides, aiming to poke fun at the distance between the two goal posts, whilst commenting on the more serious and harmful expectations that this type of propaganda provokes.
Mihail Stanescu
In the century of speed, time is the most precious commodity. Slit scan photography helps me document the flow of time using the movement of people as a catalyst. What this technique reveals to us is the fact that, although it appears as if there is an emergent diversity of paths we can travel in a certain space, we can only travel in one path through time (from past towards the future), and this is documented in the photographs exhibited. This type of photography has the power to arrest the viewer’s gaze firstly for the look and scale, then for its implications.
- For more information, please contact Mihail Stanescu at itoteu@yahoo.com.
Isabella Ferro
Isabella Ferro
Isabella Ferro, BA (Hons) Photography, presents a slideshow of her work.
View Isabella's portfolio to see more of her work.
Katie Welshman
Katie Welshman
Katie Welshman, BA (Hons) Photography, presents a slideshow of her work.
Martyna Taraszkiewicz
Martyna Taraszkiewicz
Martyna Taraszkiewicz, BA (Hons) Photography, presents a slideshow of her work.
View Martyna's Instagram to see more of her work.
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BA (Hons) Photography (West London Campus)
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Jaber Imran
- View Jaber Imran's Visual Effects work on YouTube.
- For more information, please visit Jaber Imran's LinkedIn page and website.
Krishna Prasad Jonnagaddala
- View Krishna Jonnagaddala's Visual Effects work on YouTube.
- For more information, please visit Krishna Jonnagaddala's LinkedIn page.
Isabel Gill De Barros Leonel
- View Isabel Leonel's Visual Effects work on YouTube.
- For more information, please visit Isabel Leonel's LinkedIn page and website.
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BSc (Hons) Visual Effects (VFX) (West London Campus)
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DISCOVER
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ARTSFEST students' work
Highlights of final year students' portfolios and showreels from the London School of Film, Media and Design and the London College of Music.
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ARTSFEST Fashion
Welcome to highlights from our fashion students.
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ARTSFEST Film, Media and Communication
Explore highlights from our students within Film, Media and Communications.
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ARTSFEST Music Performance and Composition
Welcome to Music Performance and Composition. Explore a collation of work from our graduates and current students.
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ARTSFEST Music Technology
Welcome to Music Technology. Explore a diverse and exciting range of outcomes from our students.
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ARTSFEST Performing Arts
Welcome to Performing Arts. Explore a diverse and exciting range of outcomes from our students.