About Syl Ojalla
My practice is focused on architectural photography — buildings, structure and the built environment, examined through material, form and light.
I'm interested in how a building's presence shifts with the conditions it's photographed in: the same facade, stairwell or structural detail can read as monumental in one light and almost weightless in another, depending on the angle and quality of the sun falling across it. Rather than documenting a building in isolation, I look for the specific conditions under which its material and structure become fully legible.
After completing an MA in Photography at the University of Brighton in 2021, I've worked with both medium and large format analogue photography alongside digital processes, choosing whichever best suits the subject and the site.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Theme: Biodiversity, ONCA Arts (Brighton), Residency 1st April - 31st May
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Group Show - Oct 1st - Nov 19th for Brighton Photo Fringe Collectives Hub with Iris Collective at Phoenix Artspace Brighton.
2024 'A Sparrow Whispered In My Ear', ONCA Arts (Brighton), Solo Exhibition 13th -26th April
2021 Source Photography Graduate Online 2021 (Online)
2021 University of Brighton (Edward Street Campus), MA Graduation 1st - 17th September
2021 'In a Silent Way' Regency Townhouse (Brunswick Square, Hove), Iris Collective Group Show 20th - 26th September
2020 Brighton Photo Fringe, Iris Photography Collective Group Show 3rd-31st October 2020.
TALKS
Photography through the Lockdown panel discussion chaired by Francis Hodgson 2021 (University of Brighton)
