Biography
JACKY DILLON, PHOTOGRAPHER
Born in Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1959.
My father was a keen photographer and encouraged both my brother and myself in our endeavours to record our formative years and travels abroad. However, I did not take up photography seriously until returning to education in 1995 enrolling on an Access Course in Art, Design and Media and City & Guilds Photography at South Downs College in Hampshire.
I had found exactly the medium I was looking for and my passion for photography has continued to dominate my life since that day. I was fortunate to study for my BA (Hons) in Photography at the University of Portsmouth and have recently completed a MA in Art, Design and Media.
"To be placeless in one's remembering is not only to be disoriented; it is to be decidedly disadvantaged with regard to what a more complete mnemonic experience might deliver. Places serve to situate one's memorial life."
The Philosopher: E. Casey
Since its initial conception the photographic image has been influential in developing our realisation of an imprinted sense of geographical imagination that contributes to the process by which we 'picture place'. From picture postcards to magazine illustrations, the reproduction of images and their subsequent circulation has served to manipulate our ideas of landscape and its connections to national identity. Are our perceptions culturally determined? Or is the sense of identification with the landscape of our homeland a personal reflection of our lives?
I would like my work to be seen not solely as a depiction of beautiful countryside, but also as an observation on our cultural history that continues to influence lives today.
Jacky Dillon, Lovedean, Hampshire, England
(For details of exhibitions and a comprehensive cv - please visit these sections).
My father was a keen photographer and encouraged both my brother and myself in our endeavours to record our formative years and travels abroad. However, I did not take up photography seriously until returning to education in 1995 enrolling on an Access Course in Art, Design and Media and City & Guilds Photography at South Downs College in Hampshire.
I had found exactly the medium I was looking for and my passion for photography has continued to dominate my life since that day. I was fortunate to study for my BA (Hons) in Photography at the University of Portsmouth and have recently completed a MA in Art, Design and Media.
"To be placeless in one's remembering is not only to be disoriented; it is to be decidedly disadvantaged with regard to what a more complete mnemonic experience might deliver. Places serve to situate one's memorial life."
The Philosopher: E. Casey
Since its initial conception the photographic image has been influential in developing our realisation of an imprinted sense of geographical imagination that contributes to the process by which we 'picture place'. From picture postcards to magazine illustrations, the reproduction of images and their subsequent circulation has served to manipulate our ideas of landscape and its connections to national identity. Are our perceptions culturally determined? Or is the sense of identification with the landscape of our homeland a personal reflection of our lives?
I would like my work to be seen not solely as a depiction of beautiful countryside, but also as an observation on our cultural history that continues to influence lives today.
Jacky Dillon, Lovedean, Hampshire, England
(For details of exhibitions and a comprehensive cv - please visit these sections).