Sid White-Jones

Degree: BA (Hons) Photography
University: Norwich University of the Arts
Graduation Year: 2019

Artist Statement

My practice revolves around salvaging and re-presenting discarded media, such as old photographs, negatives, and slides, through an arduous process of physical, chemical, and digital manipulation. Small celluloid collages are reconstructed onto canvas, undergoing cycles of transformation that challenge the rigidity of the photographic medium, pushing it toward a more painterly, textured expression.

In their anonymity, these glimpses of the past become open-ended narratives, shaped by the eyes of those who encounter them. In reviving these fragments, I find myself in the fragile space between permanence and impermanence, questioning what is preserved, what fades, what endures, and how images gain new meaning through time.