ABOUT LUKE SALAMAN
Education
2009-2012 MA Multi Disciplinary print, UWE Bristol, Distinction
2010 Centre For Print Research (CFPR) at UWE, Bristol. Participant in the wallpaper research project - Investigating the creative potential of digital UV printing
1998- Adobe Photoshop training including Adobe Master classes
1992 PGCE Bristol
1986 BA Hons Photography in Fine Art, Exeter College of Art & Design, tutors included Roger Palmer and Raymond Moore
1985 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Frankfurt, Germany, studied with Thomas Bayerle
1983 Foundation Art and Design diploma, Loughton, Essex
1975 Ongar comprehensive school, Essex - spent most of the sixth form in the darkroom
Photography & Design lecturing
1993-2021 City of Bath College, Foundation Art and Design
2006-2014 Foundation Degree digital design for Bath Spa University
1988 F-stop photography workshop Bath
Selected exhibitions and other creative directions
2022- Joined Clayshed as a resident member, Co-working ceramics collective
2014 ‘Second Impressions’, diverse approaches to printmaking. A group exhibition by the Insight collective. New Brewery Arts Cirencester
2012 Involved in setting up Makers Shop & Gallery, Bristol, permanent display of ceramics
2011 Work selected for the RWA 'Open Photography 2 Exhibition' Bristol
2010 Miniprint Exhibition, Foyles bookshop galery space, Bristol
2006 ‘The Engine Room’. photography exhibition. SS Great Britain, Bristol
2005-2006 ‘Reclamation’ photography exhibition, SS Great Britain, Bristol, culmination of 4 year digital documentary project
2000 Commissioned to produce promotional photography for the Bureau de tourisme, departement de L'Aveyron
1999 ‘Convent to Museum’. St Parthem, France. Permanent photographic installation on silk
1993-2002 Theatre Design for touring theatre productions, in partnership with Sarah Salaman, featuring use of large scale photography
1989-1993 Self Employed as a designer-maker
1988 ‘Pictures and Words’, F Stop gallery, Bath. Photography exhibition curator and participant
1982 European Arts youth bursary, produced a book of rural landscapes of south-west France
Practica LLC
Soft lens
Olympus OM1n
first camera I bought
lightweight and sharp
Yashica 124G
a bit temperamental
Canon F1 Original
a brick (heavy)
Pentax Super A
Rubbish Build
Broke
Canon Eos30e
interesting eye controled focus
poor build quality
Olympus OM2sp
good spot metering
but unreliable
Olympus XA
still works
Pentax MX
nice but never got good images out of it
Bronica ETRS
Image Quality Fab
Build Quality not
Lomo / Lubitel
soft focus and nice big negs
Sony F707
5mp, very good lens, 4 layer CCD
The first proper digital camera I used
made most of SS Great Britain pictures with it
Canon 20D
Bought in B&H in New York
Canon 5D
Canon Eos M
less heavy than a 5D
Rolleiflex twin lens
Beautiful build but lens corroded
makes a nice ornament
Canon 5D Mk2
you are a genuine camera geek if you have reached here
Rollfix 2
Rodenstock Trinar Lens
Sony RX100 Mk2
Lakeside Camera
Fab Sensor
Nikon Z7
Ive gone over to the other side
Jaw dropping image quality