Debbie Yates

Image copyright Debbie Yates 

It's been that time of year again, checking out all the 'competition' at various degree shows. As usual I've seen some really good stuff (and some pretty mediocre stuff too!). One artist I was really impressed with is Debbie Yates, who was part of the Blackpool degree show at Cube Gallery in June this year. Check out her website, which is very simple to navigate - allowing the photographs to speak for themselves, no arty farty statements about how they profess to change the world, just really well shot photographs. They remind me a lot of the 'Family Photos' of the photographer Doug Dubois, which is a massive complement. The combination of lighting, use of focus and choice of camera produces a very intimate and warming series that is held together by the use of hand written text. I hope to see more of Debbie's work in the future...

Glinka