Jo Stapleton
Jo is a Hertfordshire (UK) based alternative process film and darkroom photographer. Her photographic practice focuses upon constructed realities using models, found objects and photo collage to construct and capture photographic moments or stories. Print making and alternative processes are integral components of her creative practice and image construction. Jo is an active member of London Independent Photography Network and Shutterhub, and has exhibited her work in the UK and internationally. She is a previous Analogue Photography Grant recipient of the Richard and Siobhan Coward Photography Foundation.
Recent exhibitions and publications include:
Photo Fringe 2024. Online solo exhibition ‘rewilding‘, a series of lith print photograms of weeds and images of classical sculptures shot on film: https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding
Shutterhub 2024/5. Group exhibitions: Your Lens Your Truth (Shutterhub X Sailsbury Centre, 3.10.24 to 3.1.25), Return to the Sea (Worthing 12.10.24 to 12.10.25), Shutterhub Year Book (2024) and Shutterhub Open (Alison Richards Building, Cambridge 13.1.25 to 21.3.25).
Newspaper zine ‘foreign bodies‘ – lith print photograms of decorative glass objects exposed through projected histology transparencies (2023). Available at: https://jostapleton-beatniksoupphotography.com
The Blue Box. A limited edition series of postcards and handprinted original cyanotype prints incorporating a range of alternative process printing techniques and photograms (2024). Available at: https://jostapleton-beatniksoupphotography.com
Locations: London
Categories: Abstract, Alternative process, Fine Art, Landscape, Nature, Photographer, Still life, Workshop leader