Instagram Takeover: Ed Sykes

London based photographer Ed Sykes, shares his landscape imagery on our Instagram account, June 2018.

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Ed Sykes is a photographer based in London. He studied at Nottingham Trent university and LCC, and divides his time between commissioned and personal projects. His work has been published in UK and abroad, including The Guardian Weekend, The Independent, The Telegraph Magazine, Dazed, Esquire,
GQ Style, I-D, Esquire and Vogue.

Hi everyone, it’s @edsykes here on Day 4 of my #photoworks_uk takeover. . KJ (2018) part of an ongoing collaboration with members of Company Three, formed of 75 young people aged 11-19 in Islington, London, who use theatre to express what it is like to be a teenager. #photoworks #instagramtakeover #edsykes #photography #companythree #youngtalent #youththeatre #identity #portrait #teenager #islington #london #theatre #collaboration #community #largeformatphotography #filmsnotdead #nike #nikeair

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Hi it’s @edsykes here on Day 5 of my #photoworks_uk takeover. Today I am showing work from Witness, a project about UFO stories in 1977 in an area known as the Welsh Triangle. The landscapes of rural communities became the backdrop for hundreds of sightings including spaceships, humanoids and other unexplained events. Ministry of Defence, a local MP, national media, RAF and the army became involved. 40 years later the witnesses stories remain the same, and also unexplained. . #photoworks #instagramtakeover #edsykes #photography #UFO #Wales #1977 #unexplained #mystery #Welshtriangle #Broadhaven #memories #stories #landscape #landscapephotography #largeformatphotography #filmsnotdead

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His personal work is a study of landscape and the way it influences individuals and communities, exploring the psychological effects and ongoing social histories.

Hi it’s @edsykes here on my last day #photoworks_uk takeover. More work from Witness, a project about UFO stories in 1977 in an area known as the Welsh Triangle. The landscapes of rural communities became the backdrop for hundreds of sightings including spaceships, humanoids and other unexplained events. Ministry of Defence, a local MP, national media, RAF and the army became involved. 40 years later the witnesses stories remain the same, and also unexplained. . #photoworks #instagramtakeover #edsykes #photography #UFO #Wales #Welshtriangle #Broadhaven #memories #stories #landscape #landscapephotography #filmsnotdead #blacka dwhitephoto #nightshot

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Hi it’s @edsykes here on Day 6 of my #photoworks_uk takeover. I am showing work from Witness, a project about UFO stories in 1977 in an area known as the Welsh Triangle. The landscapes of rural communities became the backdrop for hundreds of sightings including spaceships, humanoids and other unexplained events. Ministry of Defence, a local MP, national media, RAF and the army became involved. 40 years later the witnesses stories remain the same, and also unexplained. . #photoworks #instagramtakeover #edsykes #photography #UFO #Wales #Welshtriangle #Broadhaven #memories #stories #landscape #landscapephotography #largeformatphotography #filmsnotdead

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