Your name
Aron Yeandle
Place of birth
UK
Place where you live now
Guernsey, UK
3 words to describe you
Inquisitive, Creative, Caring
Why do you take pictures?
Photography is a part of my everyday life; it empowers me to view the world in a unique and
distinctive way. The still image allows me to be creative, express myself and capture our everyday world and make it extraordinary. The photographic process makes it possible for me to communicate to people, how I perceive and observe the world through the lens. I have used photography at times as a tool of creative escapism from my every day environment. This has made my life rich and full of new wonders. The camera permits me to go to places normally I would never have the chance to visit. This special medium gives me the opportunity to meet people and enter their private worlds and capture a special moment of time forever. This is what I love about photography, it presents me visual clarity of the world around me and gives me a visual narrative of our existence. Furthermore, the camera allows me to see how the photographic image can be used to observe the unique conjunctions of the still image.
Where do you get your inspiration?
Throughout my photographic education and my professional practice, I have been drawn to people and places. Observing social, political, and historical themes and subjects through the lens. When I first discovered photography, it gave me the opportunity and a way to see and capture the world around me. I had a deep need to somehow express myself creatively. Photography gave me something tangible to hold onto and provided me with some sort of inner peace. There is so much to capture through the lens, so many fascinating people to meet and places to photograph. At times I feel there is so little time to photograph and capture the world around us. This is what drives and inspires me through my practice. It allows me to somehow put the world in order, which makes me feel calm in a chaotic world.
Who are your influences?
I have been influenced by many for example August Sander, Martin Parr and Rineke Dijkstra. Also art and photographic movements such as The New Colour Photography from America, which includes William Eggleston and Stephen Shore. Furthermore, the history of portrait and landscape paintings and philosophies of the Romantic and Realism art movements.
What determines the subject matter you choose?
The ideas and the subject matter of my creative process depends on various external and internal processes. At present, I spend much of my time on a very small island named Guernsey, which is located in the Channel Islands. Most of my current subject matter has been based within this small island community. Reacting to Guernsey’s communities, their social culture and history. When I am off the Island, my work becomes more personal and in a way freer. My subject matter becomes more intimate and autobiographical.
What impact would you like your art to have?
Photography has given me a purpose; it has allowed me to see the world through a creative channel. I would hope my work would provide a historical, personal, and social archive for the future. If my photographs had an impact, I would like people to slow down and start to observe the beauty of the everyday environment, which can be so fleeting.
What artwork do you never get bored with?
Photography
Is there anything you want to add?
Thank you for featuring my photographic work.
