Student Spotlight: Niaz Maleknia
Student Spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. In the lead up to our upcoming UrbanPhotoFest Masterclass this year we chat with Niaz Maleknia from our 2016 UPF Masterclass. Niaz talks about embracing ugliness when photographing, her recent controversial projects on mental health, and why perseverance is the key to pursuing photography as a career. […]
Student Spotlight: Grace Gray
Student Spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. It’s been hustling at our HQ this summer with teens. We managed to interview one of our regular summer students – Grace Gray. She talks about Banksy, why social media is a fad, and how growing up in Spain and spending summers in England inspires her photography. … […]
Student Spotlight: Oonagh Sutton
Student Spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. October half term is just around the corner, so we decided to interview one of our regulars at The Mango Lab – fourteen-year-old Oonagh Sutton and her mom Elly. They discuss why photography is a huge confidence-builder, the pride that comes with taking photographs and why it’s […]
Student Spotlight: Nicky Dunnington-Jefferson
Student spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. This month we have a delightfully long talk with one-to-one student Nicky Dunnington-Jefferson. Her sprightly character has allowed Nicky to travel to and photograph some unusual locations including: the famed Galapagos Islands, old ruins in India and leopards in Tanzania. Not one for accepting defeat Nicky explains […]
Student Spotlight: Livi Holbrook
Student Spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. As we are preparing for our busy Teen season we thought we’d catch up with sixteen year old Livi Holbrook to hear her reflections on being a young ‘person who takes pictures’. She talks about her aspirations of working in film, being a street photographer in Camden […]
Student Spotlight: Nick Buckley
Student Spotlight chats with former Mango Lab students. This month we catch up with Nick Buckley from our Intermediate Photography course. He talks about how he got into photography, chasing light in winter evenings in London and how he uses Instagram to test reactions to his photography. What initiated your interest in photography? It started […]
Student Spotlight: Isaac T
Student Spotlight – monthly interviews with former ‘Mango Labbers’ who have completed photography and media courses with us.