Anthony Da Vall

Anthony Da Vall graduated in 2012 with a BA (Hons.) in Contemporary Photographic Arts Practice awarded by the University of Brighton and an MA in Photography from the University of Brighton in 2021.

He is a multi-genre photographer mixing various photographic disciplines together producing non-stereotypical imagery.

Anthony’s work is predominantly made up of documentary photography.

His practice is about bringing a new perspective to what we see, so when shooting landscapes you won’t find stacked landscape images with every tiny little thing in focus, these are the methods more commonly used by photographers that specifically practice that genre.

Anthony’s more recent work is landscapes using a documentary style, taken to emphasize the elements in the landscape rather than to evoke a stereotypical emotional response based on the beauty of the scene. To achieve these results Anthony uses a constant aperture balancing depth-of-field with image sharpness, he uses leading lines, angles, light, shadows, and textures, together these elements produce photographs with depth designed to draw the viewer into the scene.

Anthony does not use image manipulation software such as Photoshop to edit his work, he only uses Lightroom to process & edit his photographs. As an artist this is an important element to his practice as well as a philosophical and ethical position. The digital age we live in has produced powerful tools for artists, however as an artist you have to draw a line somewhere and this is where Anthony has drawn his.