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The future of my new production company: Ultra Violet Productions (named for my Great Grandmother, Violet) will be heavily dependent on success across its social media platforms to begin to reach our audience as we endeavor to create quality content in the world of documentary filmmaking and photojournalism. It is our hope to have aContinue reading “Social Media Marketing Strategy for the future Ultra Violet Productions”

The first time I laid eyes on a Diane Arbus photograph, I was in love. This seemingly plain, mousy woman from New York City stared back at me from her numerous self-portraits. They were raw and unedited, and I saw myself in them. She had picked up her commercial photographer husbands’ equipment and started takingContinue reading “Social Influence”

https://www.behance.net/gallery/93763963/Him-Them These portraits were taken of two individuals whom are very dear to me for different reasons. I love taking portraits. Especially on stark backgrounds without distraction or complicated artifice. It allows the audience to focus on the subjects’ expression & body language. The process of connecting to someone in a studio setting like thatContinue reading “Portraiture from Durham College Studios: Him and Them”

This brief moment captured in my apartment has me describing the tribulations and rewards of deciding to return back to post secondary as a 32 year old. It was simple to make but I think all you need sometimes is to open up and show people a glimpse into your tiny world to connect. PleaseContinue reading “The Mature Student”

These photos are part of series that I am very proud of. I was inspired by the inanimate objects that we grow attachments to over our lives. In this case my partner Graham’s vest covered in patches and their collection of dice that they carry around in an antique suitcase. This is work done inContinue reading “First Project on Behance”

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My name is Alicia (she/they pronouns) and I am a queer femme mama of two elderly cats and a teenage beagle. I am a late to the races student at 32 years of age of Video Production at Durham College and my love for film has carried me through 15 years of corporate/customer service relatedContinue reading “Bio: Alicia Patten”