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Mandy Simpson is a Cheshire-based artistic photographer who has recently completed an MA Photography Degree. Mandy has worked using digital photography, large-scale projected images, disposable cameras and alternative processes including anthotypes and cyanotypes. Her subjects have included street photography in Manchester and London, a disposable camera, video and zine collaboration, and working with a group of Manchester teenagers.

She has examined her family archive using projections in connection with the loss of her Mother, Valentine, when she was fifteen years old. 

In her current project ‘Brook House Calling’, Mandy has created an 8000 frame cyanotype animation, making and capturing memories with her Father, Robin, in collaboration with her son Archie.

Prizes
Mandy has been shortlisted for the Urban Photo Awards, Trieste Photo Days Festival, 2023 and is an AOP Open Awards Finalist - 2023. 

Her film won the Outstanding Creative Team Award at XWorld Short Film Festival 2023 and was a Quarter Finalist in the Student World Impact Festival, 2023. 

Current Exhibitions
‘Brook House Calling’ is currently on display at RWA Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol (September 2023 - January 2024).

Artists Website: https://www.theimagewitch.co.uk/