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Anthony Luvera - Assisted Self-Portrait of Ben Rodda
Professionally printed on 10x12 Arches 88 fine art matte paper, 100% cotton-rag.
from Construct (2018-2022) by Anthony Luvera
Construct was created between 2018 and 2022, in collaboration with people who have experienced homelessness in Birmingham.
Over four years, I was embedded within the support services of SIFA Fireside, Birmingham’s main day centre for homeless and vulnerably housed adults. I began by working in the kitchen, preparing and serving meals, before inviting participants to explore photography through regular meetings and workshops. Over 50 people took part, using disposable cameras to document their experiences and cameraphones to share images. Throughout the lockdowns
of the COVID-19 pandemic, I continued working with participants by online platforms, post, telephone, and email.
Participants were also invited to make a self-portrait for my ongoing series, Assisted Self-Portraits. To create an assisted self-portrait, I meet each participant in locations that are significant to them, to teach the individual how to use digital medium format camera equipment with a tripod, handheld flash,
cable shutter release, and laptop. The final portrait is selected by the participant.
Construct was commissioned by GRAIN Projects, in partnership with SIFA Fireside.
Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, National Portrait Gallery London, Four Corners, Belfast Exposed Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, PhotoIreland, Malmö Fotobiennal, Goa International Photography Festival, Les Rencontres D’Arles Photographie, Oslo Negative, and Landskrona Foto Festival. His writing has appeared in a range of publications including Trigger, Photography and Culture, Visual Studies, Photoworks, Source, and Photographies.
Anthony is Associate Professor of Photography in the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University, and editor of Photography For Whom?, a periodical about socially engaged photography. He has designed education and mentorship programmes, facilitated workshops, and given lectures for the public education departments of National Portrait Gallery, Tate, Magnum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Photographers’ Gallery, Barbican Art Gallery, and community photography projects across the UK.
Print is unsigned. Your purchase will contain a letter of authenticity from Photofusion noting Title of Print, Photographer and signed by Photofusion's Director. Due to all printing being completed expertly in-house, please allow a period of up to 28 days for your order to be shipped.
Professionally printed on 10x12 Arches 88 fine art matte paper, 100% cotton-rag.
from Construct (2018-2022) by Anthony Luvera
Construct was created between 2018 and 2022, in collaboration with people who have experienced homelessness in Birmingham.
Over four years, I was embedded within the support services of SIFA Fireside, Birmingham’s main day centre for homeless and vulnerably housed adults. I began by working in the kitchen, preparing and serving meals, before inviting participants to explore photography through regular meetings and workshops. Over 50 people took part, using disposable cameras to document their experiences and cameraphones to share images. Throughout the lockdowns
of the COVID-19 pandemic, I continued working with participants by online platforms, post, telephone, and email.
Participants were also invited to make a self-portrait for my ongoing series, Assisted Self-Portraits. To create an assisted self-portrait, I meet each participant in locations that are significant to them, to teach the individual how to use digital medium format camera equipment with a tripod, handheld flash,
cable shutter release, and laptop. The final portrait is selected by the participant.
Construct was commissioned by GRAIN Projects, in partnership with SIFA Fireside.
Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, National Portrait Gallery London, Four Corners, Belfast Exposed Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, PhotoIreland, Malmö Fotobiennal, Goa International Photography Festival, Les Rencontres D’Arles Photographie, Oslo Negative, and Landskrona Foto Festival. His writing has appeared in a range of publications including Trigger, Photography and Culture, Visual Studies, Photoworks, Source, and Photographies.
Anthony is Associate Professor of Photography in the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University, and editor of Photography For Whom?, a periodical about socially engaged photography. He has designed education and mentorship programmes, facilitated workshops, and given lectures for the public education departments of National Portrait Gallery, Tate, Magnum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Photographers’ Gallery, Barbican Art Gallery, and community photography projects across the UK.
Print is unsigned. Your purchase will contain a letter of authenticity from Photofusion noting Title of Print, Photographer and signed by Photofusion's Director. Due to all printing being completed expertly in-house, please allow a period of up to 28 days for your order to be shipped.