Photography and the humanity of the moment – final year student projects

Robert Frank commented that ‘photography must contain the humanity of the moment.’ What better combination then than photography and anthropology? In their final term year some visual anthropology students at the University of Kent have combined the two to explore different aspects of contemporary life, from the experience of refugee children in Kent, the use of body art as political expression, and the movement of seafood from ocean to stomach. With unique insights into aspects of life, these projects explored the humanity of the moment, a selection of which is displayed below.

The photographs are part of the wider exhibition of visual projects that came out of Kent this year, and continue the tradition started by previous year’s projects: Inter-reflexions; Peopling Places; and Self Spaces.  You can scroll through the photos and project descriptions by clicking on one and then using the arrow keys to navigate.

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

Art & Anthropology: How a Painter Challenges Ethnocentrism – Louis Mills

From Sea to Stomach – Rowan Twine, project description

From Sea to Stomach – Rowan Twine

From Sea to Stomach – Rowan Twine

From Sea to Stomach – Rowan Twine

Xenitia – Danae Elston-Alphas, project description

Androulla’s grandfather’s identity card; Cypriot farmer and British Subject

Androulla Satanas’ first travel document, her British Passport

Xenitia – Danae Elston-Alphas

Framed weaving and photograph made by Androulla’s mother

Photos exchanged between England and Cyprus

Photos exchanged between Cyprus and England

Letters From Home: from Anroulla’s brother during the 1974 war

Portrait of Anroulla Satanas

Portrait of Anroulla Satanas

Portrait of Anroulla Satanas

Outsider portrait – Rowan Twine

Outsider portrait – Rowan Twine