From the talented artists in BA (Hons) Photography Graduating Class at the University of Derby – Ell Hammond, Erin Todd, Katie Weller and Nathan Orchard, were selected by Jodi Kwok and Jenna Eady for the FORMAT Graduate Award due to their distinct work. Ell, Erin, Katie and Nathan are presenting their work in FORMAT25, continuing a legacy of outstanding Graduates from this course exhibiting in FORMAT.
The Graduates Award aims to give these determined recent graduates further professional experience by exhibiting their work at one of Europe’s most prestigious photography festivals.
Erin Todd’s House is a Feeling explores the continuing rave culture in the UK, and how the youth of the 90s are still dancing. These Photographs were taken at an Amnesia House event in Coventry on the 6 April 2024, and they show people of all ages dancing till the early hours. These images have been distorted using an overlay of a UV paint image. The UV colour represents the feeling of being at these raves, recreating the experience that Erin and many other ravers feel when being on the dancefloor. They capture the true ravers in a euphoric state, while showing an authentic rave experience, inviting the viewer to travel back in time to this scene that began in the late 80s.