The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Inés's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Inés
Lecturer in Creative Media (Photography)
Trained in Fine Art, Rae uses photography, text and sound to explore representation, femininity, consumer culture and the everyday.
Previous mixed media publications include A Real Work of Art and Kurl up n Dye, a monograph published by Wild Pansy Press with an introduction by Simon Grennan and incorporating photographs and typography investigating the vernacular in British high street culture. A feature on the book has aired on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour. The research has led to a number of conference papers and articles exploring the photographic image in terms of the vernacular, cultural anthropology and material culture.
The Grammar of Glamour; Shooting the High Street involves an investigation into the materiality of photographic media. The project uses experimental visual ethnography that explores relationships between material culture, social space and the street.
Current work in progress is Portrait of a Woman and Searching for Leo. At her mothers death Rae inherited photographs and letters which pointed to an interesting family history. At the work’s centre are the memories of life in Basque Spain in the 1930s. One of these stories is the discovery that her grandfather was a photographer in San Sebastián, Bilbao, Zaragoza and Madrid 1909-1948.
Artist Website www.inesrae.com
Supervised Research Degrees
2008 MA by Research, Sean Cousin Pentimento: A re-evaluation of the integral polaroid
Teaching
Teaching and research is in the area of contemporary photographic practice with a particular interest in the role of women within representation. Ines contributes to the BA (Hons) Creative Media programme in the areas of Collaborative Practice, Narratives and Social Context and contributes to the Critical Theory programme and Dissertation Supervision.
She has also supervised postgraduate students with interests in feminist art practice, class cultures and documentary photography practices.
Contact Inés
Room 111, Scott Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585267
ines.rae@plymouth.ac.uk
