British artist Kirsty Mitchell uses photography to portray her personal experiences and emotions, especially related to her mother's cancer diagnosis. Her series "Wonderland" allowed her to process grief and loss through creative expression. Photography became her escape and therapy to echo stories from her life experiences and dreams. She aims to tell stories and share her emotions through beautiful photographs.

1. KIRSTY MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY

2. About Kirsty Mitchell Artwork
• British Artist who is interested in: costume, performance, fine art, storytelling, graphics and
photography
• Her personal experiences and her mum being tragically diagnosed with cancer brought a
change in herself and artwork.
• She wanted to portray her emotions and love for people in her beautiful photographs
• She found photography like her escape and therapy where emotions such as joy, grief, loss
were portrayed.
• Photography became her passion and she echoed stories to do with her experiences , dreams
and her mother
• She produced a series called ‘Wonderland’ and found this a very transforming process and
journey

3. Learning Objectives
• To know more about the artist Kirsty Mitchell
• To be able to design/draw images (that will
lead to photographs) inspired by the artist
Kirsty Mitchell
• To understand more about the power of
storytelling and creative photography

9. Film clip
• http://kirstymitchellphotography.com/portfoli
o/video-the-fade-of-fallen-memories/

10. Task
• Create some of your own drawings/designs
inspired by the artist Kirsty Mitchell
• Is there a personal story or something significant
going on in your life that you can share in your
work?
• Choose a theme or a topic that you think you
could eventually visually portray in photography
• Write notes when finished. Remember a theme,
props, location etc
• Use the materials on the table