THREE Newport documentary photography students who have focussed on some of the world's hot-spots are to have their work exhibited in a club founded by war journalists.
Photos by Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Helen Rimell and Jason Moore, who graduate from the University of Wales, Newport, in September, will be displayed at the Frontline Club, London, from August 27 to September 17. At 23, Ms Taylor-Lind is already building a considerable reputation after documenting the lives of women soldiers in northern Iraq.
She has recently returned from Vietnam where she represented the UK in a masterclass organised by World Press Photo, the prestigious media organisation.
Her tutor Ken Grant, a senior lecturer in documentary photography, said she was a remarkable student.
"She has tested herself in the extremes of conflict in Iraq, explored the long-term residue of war through the eyes of incapacitated Gulf War veterans and recently returned from the unstable refugee hostels which are now so much a feature of the southern shores of Spain."
Helen Rimell's project, A Voice for the Voiceless, a Face for the Faceless, features photographs taken in and around Kabul depicting life after the Taliban.
The 30 year old, who intends to return to Afghanistan, said: "The women are so positive and happy to be able to study again, which they couldn't do under the Taliban.
"One of my fondest memories was being in a sports stadium for a celebration of education - the same stadium where women used to be stoned to death."
Thirty-year-old Jason Moore's work centred on the Palestinian settlements on the West Bank.
One of the tutors on the course is Professor Paul Seawright, Dean of the Newport School of Art, Media and Design, who was an official war photographer in Afghanistan and was selected to represent Wales in the world's most prestigious art show, the Venice Biennale.
For more information about the documentary photography course, or any other course at the University of Wales, Newport, telephone 01633 432432 or visit www.newport.ac.uk
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