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.