Ellen Kydd (they, she, elle)
Photographer & Visual Artist
Please contact me for commissions. I am currently taking bookings for 2025.
SKILLS
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Portraits
Interiors
Lighting Technician
Archiving (Analogue + Digital)
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PUBLISHING
Book Design
Digital Finish
Print + Hand Finished
Album Artwork
Promotional Material
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ART
Creative Direction
Writing
Mentor (Education)
Facilitation (Curation & Events)
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CLIENTS
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TOAST Mail Order
Apple
Jil Sander
Graham Cornthwaite
S Magazine
Jamie Hawkesworth
SOHO Home
FUDGE Magazine (Japan)
KLS Textiles
Waitrose
Origini Edizioni (Italy)
Rencontres Des Arles (France)
Beymen (Turkey)
Bennie Finn
POW! Festival (Margate)
Grove Hotel
Lizzy Hardingham
Silverback Creative
Kaspar 'Berry' Rapkin
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Various Independent Artists (portraits)
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EDUCATION
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MA Fine Art (Distinction)
from UCA (2021)
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BA Fashion Photography (First Class Hons)
from Falmouth University (2018)
LANGUAGES​
English +++++
Italian +++
French +
EXHIBITIONS
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Anima, Shoreditch (2024)
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Benk & Bo Open, Shoreditch (2022)
The Affordable Art Fair (2022)
"WA" Turner Contemporary , Margate 2022 ​
Margate Pride, Margate (2021)
MA Graduate Show, Canterbury (2021)
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Iterations of 'WA' with Eleanor Cox:
West Beach, Whitstable 2021
Balcony on Caledonian Road, London 2021
St Mary's Church, Ashford 2021
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Test Bed, Folkestone (2020)
Power of Women, Margate (2020)
POW! Youth Arts Trail, Margate + Ramsgate (2020)
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Berlin Fashion Film Festival (2018)
Small Ships, Falmouth (2018)
The Poly Group Show, Falmouth (2018)
Perspectives (Grad Show), Hoxton (2018)
IKIGAI:
the convergence of four areas of life: what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. The very center, where each area overlaps, is your ikigai – your reason for getting up and where you should focus your efforts to find ultimate fulfillment.