We are very pleased to present the first images from a new, an on-going series of work by Australian photographer Andy Lo Pò. Whilst in the process of purchasing some second-hand photographic equipment from an American seller on e-Bay, Lo Pò agreed to buy some undeveloped rolls of film being offered by the seller. To his surprise, he found 100s of images from high school yearbooks, mostly from the 1980s, none with any recoded details of names or locations – this became the starting point for a new project looking at identity and memory.
“Fragmented Memories revolves around a collection of high school yearbook portraits that were discovered, discarded and forgotten in a dumpster in Ohio. These photographs, found as negatives, became the foundation of my nostalgic exploration into the concept of identity, diversity, (or the lack thereof ), ultimately capturing the essence of the teenage experience in 1980’s Mid-West America.”
Andy Lo Pò is an award-winning photographic artist born in Melbourne, now based in Brighton.
He studied photography at the University of the Arts London and now spends his time working on personal work as well as commissioned projects. Andy has won several awards and had his work exhibited and recognised by the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize, Creative Review Photo Annual, The International Photography Awards, and The Getty Prestige Grant.
