Organised by The Photographers' Gallery
This event is part of the Develop youth programme which is open to 14 to 24 year olds. Please only sign up if you are within the age bracket.
18.30 - 20.00
In this online event, we’ll explore the realities of navigating working with photography, and within the creative industries more broadly, while living with a disability.
Artists Jamila Prowse, Jameisha Prescod and Leah Clements will reflect on their own experiences, introducing their work and talking about approaches and resources that can help creatives prioritise their wellbeing.
Open to all young people, this talk will provide a deeper look into the role both care and self-care play within the creative industries.
This event will be interpreted in British Sign Language. The event host and speakers will offer brief audio descriptions of themselves and shared images.
About the artists
Leah Clements’ practice spans film, photography, performance, writing, installation, and other media. Her work is concerned with the relationship between psychological, emotional, and physical states often through personal accounts of unusual or hard-to-articulate experiences. Her practice also focuses on sickness/cripness/disability in art, in critical and practical ways.
Jameisha Prescod is a multidisciplinary visual artist, filmmaker and chronic illness activist from London. They are driven by storytelling and apply creative digital techniques to uncover powerful human experiences. After being diagnosed with lupus, Jameisha founded You Look Okay To Me, the online space for chronic illness. They explore the social and cultural aspects of living with a chronic condition through visual mediums.
Jamila Prowse is an artist, writer and researcher who works across moving image and textiles to consider methodologies for visualising mixed race identity and the lived experience of disability. She is a member of the Brent Biennial Curatorial Committee 2021-2 and an Associate Lecturer in photography and moving image at London College of Communication, University of Arts London.
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