Jeff Laurents

I studied for my degree in photography at the Polytechnic of Central London and also lectured in Cinema for the British Film Institute.

I have specialised in digital image making for many years. My art is mostly abstract images or landscape photographs which I have transformed digitally to resemble paintings rather than straight photographs. I also create cityscapes, images of iconic local scenes which I sell to art galleries and retail outlets in my area. My approach is experimental, and when working on my images I will reject a version that doesn't appeal to my sensibilities, and I will continue to work on an image until I'm happy with the result.

Some of the titles of my artwork are deliberately tongue in cheek, as in my images 'A Grave Situation' and 'One of The Beetles', or ironic as in 'Global Warming'.

I try to create images that appeal to the viewer's feel for shape, colour and texture and sense of composition, or for strong graphic monochromes, so my work is motivated by aesthetics.

B.A. Economics and Politics, Manchester University
Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Leeds University
Certificate in Film Studies, British Film Institute
Degree in Photography, Polytechnic of Central London

Exhibition of my photography at Quex Barn, Birchington in 2018.
Exhibition of my photography at The Bellevue Front Room, Ramsgate, November 2023