Name: Yannick Dixon

Age: 26

Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.

Occupation: Freelance Photographer

Email: yannick@yannickdixon.com

Mobile: +44 (0)7790 162246

I was born on the 9th May 1984 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After completing my A Levels and a Foundation course in Art & Design in my hometown, I moved to Blackpool to study on the BA (Hons) Photography course at Blackpool & The Fylde's School of Art & Design. In July 2006, I was awarded the Blackpool Vistas scholarship to research and study on the MA Visual Design as Creative Practice postgraduate course.

Inspired by Blackpool's unique character, cultural heritage and rich history I began a documentary photography project entitled 'Blackpool: An Unimagined Space?' which aims to re-present and transform contemporary perceptions of this iconic seaside town. Central to my approach were my desires to not only record my daily experiences, but to celebrate the medium of documentary photography. The idea that documentary photography has the ability to communicate, in a complex manner, the world around us is one that I often consider in the production of my work.

As a professional freelance photographer I have been commissioned by a number of clients in a variety of creative capacities. These commissions have included photographing public artworks for Blackpool Council, documenting life at the Rigby Road Transport Depot for a local author, working with the community-based arts project Bloomfield Talks and a three-day artist residency for NALGAO's annual conference.

My photographs have featured in a number of regional, national and internationally renowned exhibitions, including LDC's This Working Life Award in 2007 and CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of The Year in 2008. In March 2009, I was announced as the third place finalist in the Fine Art - Natural History professional category of the Sony World Photography Awards with a series of personal black & white photographs entitled 'Starlings Above', which captures the innate beauty of starlings in flight as they form hypnotic shapes and patterns in the sky above. Organisations such as the SWPA, Visual For Business and Artcite represent a selection of my photographic work.

I currently work as a professional freelance photographer and Associate Lecturer in Photography at UCLAN's Media Factory in Preston.