The Rising Stars of LCF Light Up Carnaby Street
What runs through the mind of a graduating student as they add the finishing touches to their final project? Asks Roma Vaccaro.
Do they wonder what people will think, if the work represents their original concept or their thoughts consumed with the impending task of starting to work in the ‘real world’
This month at 57 Carnaby Street, a host of talented Media and Communication students have been given the opportunity to showcase their graduating final projects to industry, friends and family. Stretching over three floors the exhibition features highlights from Photography, Styling, Journalism, Illustration and Broadcast.
It seems rather fitting that the directional work of fashion minds of the future should command its presence on the legendary Carnaby Street in London. Renowned as 1960s haven for new music, tailoring, unique boutiques and the original London street style, Carnaby Street is currently celebrating its ‘50th Year Love Festival’.
Tony Glenville, Creative Director for the School of Media and Communications at LCF thinks it has been a great place and ambience for students to exhibit their abilities to the public and potential employers. ‘The exhibition is open all day into the early evening so professionals can pop in when they want, at a time convenient to them. The three-storey space offers a chance to really promote work and it is right around the corner from Beak Street to Carnaby Street. You can’t miss it!’
In turn the students themselves have been utilizing the space to invite industry professionals to see their work including Megan Sharp who graduates this year from BA Fashion Photography. Megan’s is creatively inspired by iconic film Director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, uber cool Video Artist Pippilotti Rist and her Step Father who is a sculptor and Buddhist. Hailing from the idyllic surrounds of the Forest Of Dean, she has a love hate relationship with London. ‘London is a rat race, which I really hate and really thrive in’. Her photography on display in the exhibition looks at who one can represent immensity in the photographic frame. She explored the inner and outer cosmos, the circle as a portal and geometric archetype of the psyche. ‘I used photography as alchemy, asking the camera to work counter intuitively, and to work as a tool to learn about the universe’.
In contrast, Fashion Illustration student Noro Kim, originally from South Korea. Is influenced by many things in life, including himself. Noro studied Fashion Portfolio at LCF before realising that his true passion lay in Illustration. This is an area in which he has explored and experimented within extensively. His final project entitled ‘What is Fashion Illustration’ is a celebration of this experimentation and including a live illustration project.
I wanted to explore Fashion Illustration from various perspective and filter it through my creative input.
Cleverly, Noro understands the importance of having a sense business on setting out to do in the industry.
I want to see if I can be both Artistically and commercially trained creative entrepreneur and to successfully discover my own definition of what Fashion Illustration is.
The School of Media and Communication exhibition runs until 21st June at 57 Carnaby Street. If you are interested to view some stellar work by LCF graduating students, make it your business to get there.
Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 19.00
(Thursdays until 20.00)
Sunday 12.00 – 17.00
Images by Ridhima Sekhri – second year BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
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