The annual Westminster Degree Show highlights a range of projects by final year students from the Westminster School of Arts and the School of Media and Communication, celebrating their talent and hard work over the past few months. In an interview, Angela Crosti, a Photography BA Honours graduate, talked about her inspiration, future goals, and her final year project.
Angela works with analogue and digital photography, and her work is often about youth and adolescents, documenting experiences or events that have left an impact on the individuals. As a storyteller, her inspiration often comes from literature, philosophy, and poetry. She embraces coincidence and analogy as essential working methods. Her photographic approach is instinctive, and her images aim to be more a sensibility than a description.
The University of Westminster spoke to Angela to find out more about her journey.
What inspired you to study photography?
I’ve always had an interest in photography since I was a child. It was the curiosity about understanding the visual language and the technical aspects of image-making that led me to enroll on this course.
Can you tell us more about the pictures you’ve shared with us?
These images formed part of my final year project for the Westminster Degree Show. They were showcased in a book, a visual diary with text and poetry. They encapsulate my learning path in different ways. Photographs become a visual language where the viewer can, hopefully, immerse themselves in my thoughts, concerns, and vision while the text and poetry enhance the images and vice versa. The images reflect the meaning of ‘home’, whether it is a physical place or a state of mind. It questions what it means to live in this specific time.
What have you been up to since graduation?
During my time at Westminster, I developed my skills and practice as I was encouraged to experiment with different mediums to understand my areas of interest. The more I take pictures the clearer it becomes to me I want to become a visual storyteller. I am interested in capturing my subjects naturally and candidly without staging them too much. I’ll most likely take a gap year to develop my practice, experiment more freely without feeling the pressure of assignments and consolidate my skills in assisting other photographers.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
My goal is to work as a photographic artist and a writer. I like to work with other people and really connect with them. At the same time, I enjoy research and writing. I see myself working for an institution or a publisher. I would also like to carry on my studies and study for a Master’s degree in a year.
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