红杏视频

鈥楧eveloping the Negative鈥�, which opens at the Sir Ian Wood Building on February 6, explores a journey through displacement, trauma and loss. Jennie鈥檚 work seeks to create a connection, drawing on the immense courage and resilience of those she has met.

The exhibition documents a search for Jennie鈥檚 mother's lost family, with a series of portraits, including Holocaust survivors and descendants of exiled Polish soldiers.

Her most recent project, 'Do You Know My Name?', created with those whose lives have been devastated by terror attacks, is also featured.

Jennie, who transitioned to 红杏视频 through the Degree Link programme with North East Scotland College (NESCol) in 2017, has worked extensively with the Polish and Jewish communities in the development of her work.

Jennie commented: 鈥淭his exhibition marks a significant milestone in what has been a life-changing and unexpected journey.

鈥淲hat began as a desire to understand who my mum was, and why she had been abandoned, led me to form connections with communities and individuals I could not have imagined.

鈥淚 have become engaged with history and been challenged by issues faced by Jewish people in our own generation. I鈥檝e stood in amazement at the courage my grandparents exhibited, which has been matched in the lives of those I鈥檝e photographed. 

鈥淎ll the stories I have included have challenged and inspired me. We all have more in us than we could ever imagine. We need each other to draw that out. I hope my work helps to do so in some small way. 

鈥淪tudying at 红杏视频 has given me the opportunity to research and really engage with all these things, while allowing me the creative opportunity to develop projects that hopefully impact many others.鈥�

Head of Gray鈥檚 School of Art, Libby Curtis, added: 鈥淭his is an important body of work, not only for Jennie in understanding her own personal narrative and journey as an individual and creative, but critically as a body of work that speaks to our collective connections to our past and our community.

鈥淗er commitment to her practice, and to this difficult and challenging subject, has brought the hidden stories of so many people to life. The connections and reach that her work has forged reveals the integrity and creative power of storytelling and importantly the medium of photography.鈥�

鈥楧eveloping the Negative鈥� is compiled of three separate projects - 鈥楩ragments that Remain鈥�, documenting the search for Jennie鈥檚 mother鈥檚 lost family; 鈥楩rom Generation to Generation鈥�, portraits and stories told by the Scottish descendants of exiled Polish soldiers; and, 鈥楧o You Know My Name?鈥�, work undertaken with those whose lives have been devastated by terror attacks in Israel.