I use photography and short films as an effective and engaging way to communicate and share urban design, built environment, and people-focussed project work to inspire a wider audience, as part of a creative participatory process, or for reporting and summary purposes.

For example, I may be brought in by clients as a freelance photographer with a background in landscape architecture, built environment design and user engagement to document key events, workshops, stakeholder meetings, design stages or other aspects of particular design projects as they progress. Other times I take a larger role to lead a creative engagement process that combines photography, short film, curated exhibitions and/or other visual outputs with a wider stakeholder or user research strategy to provide insights, collaboration and inspiration to feed into the project team’s design decisions or increase awareness and support for other wider pieces of work. I also specialise in providing high-quality documentary, architectural, city or street photography to capture the essence of different places, tell their stories, and/or communicate final built environment project outputs. I have a particular interest in public space given my urban design work and current design research on creating greener, healthier public spaces.

I also initiate and work on self-directed creative photography projects, which typically focus on the hidden stories of everyday places, documentary portrait photography, and ways to bring people together. around local places You may also be interested in my Looking for Rainbows doorstep portrait photography series from 2020, or Hold Me Dear.

All photos and films below are by Jenny Elliott. I am currently available for freelance commissions.

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

FILM

Film and videography commission for client Living Streets Scotland in 2022 including assembling audio and visual user interview footage of everyday walking UX. Launched at the Living Streets Big Walking Seminar and featured on their website.

Photography and film commission for client Living Streets Scotland in 2022 including animated titles. Launched at their Big Walking Seminar and featured on their website.

In 2019 I created the graphic design, branding and web-design for Edinburgh Living Lab, including creation of a short introductory film.

Short film created for the launch of Translation by Tissø Lake, ITLAN records.

Film created by Jenny, showcasing the work of HERE+NOW (former Co-Founder/Director 2014-2019).

Film created by Jenny to document project ‘Space to Sit’ by Here+Now at The Grove in Fountainbridge’s meanwhile space.

Site-specific visual projection created for the Bonspiel gig series, set on the slopes of Arthur’s Seat parkland, Edinburgh 2017-2019.

Film created by Jenny, as part of a proposal for instigating a series of Locally Loved Routes around Edinburgh, developed as part of her role at HERE+NOW.

Film by Jenny, documenting HERE+NOW’s use of the Scottish Government’s Place Standard wheel, as part of ‘People and Places: Make Leith Better’ project with Leith Creative

A local social history and conversation with local legend - Joyce of Joyce's Cake Shop, Canonmills, Edinburgh. Originally made through interviews with Joyce in her cake shop to enable her to be included as a speaker at HERE+NOW’s 'PEP Talk' event in 2015 which she could not attend, the film shows a rare insight into the stories and memories of local places that are often passed down by word of mouth.