I call this place home
In the late 1960s, Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson spent two years working on what would become one of his most famous projects, ‘East 100th Street’. Exploring the interior spaces and life on the street of the inhabitants of a block in New York’s East Harlem, his black and white images are acknowledged as a classic documentation of the American ghetto. The work from the finished project was displayed in the city’s Museum of Modern Art and published in 1970 as a book of the same title.
Cities change, areas even more so. With her project ‘I call this place home’, Tanya Ahmed explores the place she has called home for 14 years. We meet the people who are her neighbours, the current residents of East 100th Street.
Tanya, who is British, had her first photographic spread published in The Reading Evening Post when she was 16. After studying for a BTEC in photography at Berkshire College of Art and Design, she worked as a freelance photographer in the UK, Australia and the US, moving to the US in 1993. She is currently completing her level 3 studies at the OCA.
‘I call this place home’ is the first exhibition in a new collaboration between innovative cross-disciplinary Sheffield arts centre Bank Street Arts and the OCA. The exhibition runs from 6 to 16 June and OCA assessor and tutor Maggy Milner will be running a study visit at the gallery on Friday 15 June. The visit will start at 11am. To book a place students should email [email protected].
Congratulations Tanya! I hope those of us who can’t make the study visit will get to see some of the work, and look forward to hearing all about it from those who do get along.
I had a look at some of Tanya’s work a little while ago and found it interesting, especially as I’ll be going for YoP assessment soon (checking out the “competition”, so to speak) – it will be equally interesting to hear what Maggy has to say about it too.
As for the collaboration with Bank Street – it sounds like an exciting development, and I’m looking forward to see what else emerges.
Oh, and once again, congratulations Tanya…
Well done Tanya!
Exciting development indeed… I too am looking forward to see how this go further.
Thanks Eileen, Rob and Dewald, I’m very honoured and excited to be a part of this.
Congratulations Tanya. The collaboration with Bank Street is just what we needed. I’m so pleased that OCA have acted upon our pleas for a student exhibition.
Congratularions Tanya! I love your work and am thrilled that so many others will have the opportunity to appreciate it.
Congratularions Tanya! I love your work and am thrilled that so many others will have the opportunity to appreciate it. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future
Congratulations!! I wish I could be there.
Great work Tanya….what a fantastic achievement….good luck with the exhibition. I am sure it will go very well, the work is excellent!!
Unfortunately, I have been unable to make the study day as planned.
Here is my blog about researching the day …
http://amanostudy.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/rephotographing-bruce-davidson-8-2/
Look Forward to reading other’s experiences