Hannah Starkey is a British photographer born in 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She studied photography in Edinburgh and London and has been actively exhibiting her work since 1997. Starkey stages highly meticulous and preconceived photographic tableaux that depict ambiguous everyday moments. Her photos demand interpretation but resist easy explanation. She draws inspiration from photographers like Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Jeff Wall, and Andreas Gursky.

1. Hannah Starkey Short Biography b. 1971, Belfast, Norther Ireland Studied Photography and Film at the Napier University, Edinburgh and Photography at the Royal College of Art, London Lives and works in London, UK B riefly a fashion photographer, she has been actively exhibiting in group and solo shows since 1997, mainly in Europe

2. Hannah Starkey P rocess that may be specific to the work Tableau photography Highly preconceived work Artist recreates a mental image of the scene Locations are carefully selected Uses actors Moved from film to digital - meticulously staging to digital manipulation

3. Hannah Starkey Themes and concepts common in her work Does not work in series each photograph stands on it's own Takes fascinatingly ambiguous photographs that demand to be understood but resist easy explanation Viewer is compelled to figure out each image Names works “Untitled” followed by the month and year Banal moments of the everyday life

4. Hannah Starkey Process that may be specific to the work (contd) Passing of time, waiting Memory, contemplation, existential alienation Post-modern approach to reality: critic Val Williams has written 'It is as if she has taken the notion of the "real"... and made it much more precise' ‘ explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective'

5. Hannah Starkey Untitled, May 1997

6. Hannah Starkey Untitled, October 1998

7. Hannah Starkey Untitled, August 1999

8. Hannah Starkey Butterfly Catchers, 1999

9. Hannah Starkey Untitled, January 2000

10. Hannah Starkey Untitled, January 2001

11. Hannah Starkey Untitled, March 2002

12. Hannah Starkey The Dentist 2004

13. Hannah Starkey Untiteled, August 2006

14. Hannah Starkey Untiteled, June 2007

15. Hannah Starkey Untitled, June 2007

16. Hannah Starkey Untitled, November 2007

17. Hannah Starkey Untitled, September 2008

18. Hannah Starkey Untitled, Feburary 2009

19. Hannah Starkey Untitled, March 2009

20. Hannah Starkey Untitled, March 2010

21. Hannah Starkey draws from: Diane Arbus Lady Bartender at Home with a Souvenir Dog

22. Hannah Starkey draws from: Helen Levitt New York, ca. 1971

23. Hannah Starkey draws from: Jeff Wall “ Picture for Women,” 1979

24. Hannah Starkey draws from: Andreas Gursky Times Square, N.Y., 1997

25. Hannah Starkey draws from: Candida Hoffer Palais Garnier, Paris

26. Question How does personal experience informs her work?