“It is an illusion that photographs are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Artist Statement
Sandy Miles is a fine art photographer working in Suffolk. Returning to education as a mature student, she went on to be awarded a distinction grade for a Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design with UAL, before graduating with a first-class BA (Hons) in Photography from the University of Suffolk in 2021.
Working predominantly with analogue photographic mediums, Sandy uses her camera, different film emulsions, and alternative darkroom techniques, as tools with which to paint. Her aim is to encourage the viewer to not only look, but to also engage with her work; it is this fascinating relationship between the photographer, the photographed and the spectator that ultimately informs her practice.
Awards
Associate of The Royal Photographic Society, ARPS.
Julia Margaret Cameron Award Non-Professional Section: Nude & Figure - Honorable Mention. Portrait - Honorable Mention
Study
BA (Hons) Photography, University of Suffolk
Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Exhibitions
Tiny Art Around Town, Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds. July 2023
19th JMCA Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. April / May 2023
Le Voile Déchu / The Gaze - Solo Exhibition, The Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds. October 2022
Your Body Belongs to You - St Gilles Croix de Vie, France. May 2022
Mental Health Awareness Exhibition - The Waterfront Building, Neptune Key, Ipswich. April 2022
Working Title (Beauty) - The Market Cross Gallery, Bury St Edmunds. April 2022
inherited - The Art Place, Chelmsford. March 2022
Breathe - The Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds. October 2021
Yearbook 2021 - Shutter Hub Online Exhibition. September 2021
Twilight - The Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds. August 2021
2021 Online Photography Degree Show - PhotoGrad. June 2021
Going Spiral - The Apex, Bury St Edmunds. October 2019
Home - Gallery at Home, Usk, Wales. October 2019