Leanne Bevan-Clark, photographer

Leanne is a keen photographer based in Wales. Her interest in photography stems from scouring her parents’ photo albums as a young child. Lockdown provided the ideal environment for her to develop both her skills behind the camera and editing the results to create the perfect image.

In 2020 she set up ‘Oakdale Photography Group’ in her local community centre. She produced her first exhibition ‘Taken in Wales’ which Moderna launched with Leanne in her home town of Blackwood. In her words ‘I love Wales and I love photography!’ and her first exhibition successfully and creatively combined both her passions.

Samuel Durkin, contemporary painter

Samuel Durkin was born in 1972 in Portsmouth, England. He grew up in Wallingford, Oxfordshire where his mother, a local artist, ran an art shop and gallery. As a child he was always surrounded by art and artists. He studied at Bournemouth and Poole Art College.

His work is abstract and impressionist, trying to keep a balance between identifiable images and a painterly abstraction. He has become best known for his nude and cityscape painting. The focus is on the painting technique and the beauty of form. His work expresses his feelings through the paint and is designed to enlighten your life.

Anna Marshall, photographer

Anna Marshall graduated from Sir John Cass School of Art/London Metropolitan University, London with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art in 2005. Anna won a prize for her incredible photographs of an Indigenous Tribe located in the remote Brazilian Amazon. London Metropolitan University purchased two large-scale photographs for their art collection.

Anna has a natural skill when it comes to photographing children and has spent many years documenting the lives of children at St Paul’s Steiner School in London as well as the Casa do Sol, a school for street children in Brazil. Her portfolio includes photographs of discarded objects along the River Thames in London to urban landscapes and graffiti found in cities.

Anna Faff, photographer

Anna Faff holds an MSc in computer engineering and a Global MBA from Manchester Business School. Despite her hectic life style, she is also a gifted photographer trying to catch that “extraordinary moment” and she believes that “the best photo is the real photo”. Her work covers numerous areas but she particularly excels with her photographs of the natural world.

Michael Hibberd, photographer

Michael is a travel photographer who holds a BA Hons degree from UWE, Bower Ashton, Bristol. Abstract, geometric landscapes and cityscapes feature heavily in his work. He has a strong appreciation for deadpan aesthetics and fragments of surrealism. Michael is inspired by numerous artists including Lewis Baltz, Matthias Hoch, Eugene Atget and Hugo Schmolz to name but a few.

Georgina Rodgers, photographer

Georgina is a photographer, handbag and jewellery designer and art teacher currently based in Bermondsey. Her interest in photography stems from her art and she has recently produced a number of exhibitions focusing on her local neighbourhood which Moderna is pleased to be launching through its nationwide galleries.

To learn more about Georgina and see examples of her work visit georginarodgers.blogspot.co.uk