rachel teal
visual artist & photographer
sunderland, england
exploring memory, community, identity, and contemporary documentation through photography and moving image.
what remains
2025 - 2026
my first MA project exploring post-industrial landscapes through 35mm black and white documentary photography. focusing on local spaces connected to industry, labour, and community, the work documents former shipyards, urban decay, and the closure of the NGC.
photographed during a period of growing political tension and economic uncertainty, the images examine how decline, identity, and social atmosphere become embedded within everyday environments.
photographer and moving image practitioner working with autobiographical approaches to image-making. my work explores how place, identity, and lived experiences intertwine.based in northern england, my practice focuses on wokring-class environments shaped by industrial change and considers how social conditions and ideology show in everyday spaces. i work across landscape and portraiture.i am currently studying an MA in the visual arts, building a practice that combines documentary and autobiographical approaches to contemporary visual culture.
| education: | |||
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| MA Visual Practice: Photography | 2025 - 2026 | currently undergoing postgraduate study with a research-led photography practice. | University of Sunderland |
| BA Digital Film Production | 2017 - 2020 | specialised in film editing and screenwriting, developing technical and narrative skills within filmmaking. | University of Sunderland |