Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Images have been at the centre of Allan Levy’s life since childhood. From his first Zorki 4K camera ...
About the artist
Joined In 2011
(28 Followers)
About the artist
Joined In 2011
(28 Followers)
Images have been at the centre of Allan Levy’s life since childhood. From his first Zorki 4K camera at the age of twelve, through a degree in photographic science and a long career in editorial photography, making images has remained a constant thread.
Over time, however, the single image was no longer enough.
This shift led to an expanded practice — one that moves beyond traditional photography into participatory, large-scale works that combine image-making, creative technology, and collective experience. Drawing on decades of photographic knowledge alongside a deep interest in digital processes, Allan now creates complex photographic mosaics and public artworks built from hundreds or thousands of individual contributions.
At the core of the work is a simple idea: images become more powerful when they are shared. Each piece brings together fragments of personal perspective to form a larger, unified whole — often created live, in real time, with communities, schools, and public audiences.
While his earlier work explored movement and atmosphere through panoramic imagery, his current practice extends this into physical space — creating works that are not only seen, but experienced as they evolve. The process is as important as the ou...
BSc (hons) Westminster University Photographic Science
Creed Street Gallery, Joint Show
The Woolpack Gallery, Installation Art and one man show
The Good Loaf, Northampton, One man show
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