I've always looked at life with wonder, the camera has helped me keep my curiosity and fire for being creative. These ultimately affect my outlook on the world and I use my camera to express myself through the lens. TW: My inspiration comes from my personal experiences and emotions. POL: Where do you get your inspiration for your work? Through the complexities of composition, you can really express a type of emotion through how you portray the subject. I was fascinated how you can use a single frame and turn it into a visual experience. I began to love photography when I realised how much freedom it offered. I've always been drawn to creative outlets such as dance, music and fashion. Using a disposable camera, I would photograph us doing half decent (or at least we thought at the time) tricks. TW: When I was a teenager, I used to rollerblade with my cousins. POL: How did you get into photography? What drew you to it as a medium? This has pushed me into turning the ordinary surroundings into visual abstraction. My photography has always stemmed from using my camera as a photographic diary, capturing subjects that inspire everyday life. TW: My name is Tyrone Williams, I've been taking photos for just over 10 years. POL: Hi Tyrone! First up, can you introduce yourself and how you would describe your photography? Never representational, each bold artwork underlines the fragility at the heart of contemporary living. Deconstructing and reconstructing how you perceive people and places.” Touchingly intimate but graphically bold, Deconstructions asks the viewer to look closer and envelope themselves in these abstracted shapes, searching to understand their place in the world. By removing details from a scene you are opened up to seeing it from a new perspective. Williams says, “These images are a representation of raw emotion I feel day-to-day reflected onto the outer world, you are not only seeing images but part of myself. Williams appreciating the small moments that make up the mass urban landscape. From chipped paint to faded graffiti, each piece represents a pause and breath of contemplation, even when surrounded by the frantic nature of modern life.
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June 14th, 2021 Joint winner of the Great British Photography Challenge, 2021, contemporary abstract street photographer Tyrone Williams explores glitches in the world around us.