About Ed Back

I’m a photographic illustrator based near Norwich in the UK I graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in 2016 having studied illustration. In 2017, I completed my Master’s degree in Communication Design. Using a mixture of traditional darkroom photographic techniques and contemporary methods, I create unconventional visual narratives. My practice relies on an element of chance that is inherent to traditional darkroom photography techniques and attempts to break out of the familiar “syntax” of the photograph. The roots of photography as a science influences my experimental approach to image making leading to an exploration of the juxtaposition between the materiality of the process, subject and emotion.

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