Helen Saunders

Helen Saunders born 1986, Derby, England.  Helen graduated with a first class honours degree in Fine Art from Loughborough School of Art and Design in 2008.  She has been a finalist in the DLA Piper graduate award and selected for UK Young Artist. She has also been commissioned to create several pieces in Leicestershire.

Described as a 'digital photography and photoshop virtuoso',  her solo exhibition 'Constructed Landscapes' uses photography to transform everyday but often unnoticed surroundings such as building yards and wasteland in to dreamlike landscapes, blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality. 

Helen's focus is on our ever-changing environment often using images from 'the edge' of regular day-to-day life, for examle old railways and canals and where often new buildings sit alongside old revealing how a particular area is changing or losing it's identity.

Helen explores landscapes from around the UK but particularly the Midlands.

The images below are from her 'Constructed Landscapes' set.

I like Helen's work, it's extremely clever and an inspiring method of how to send a message.  It's clear that her passion is for our ever-evolving environment and man's often negative impact on the landscape.