In Pictures selected
In pictures: MA photographers on show
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-32735178
Exhibition of photographs by students at the London College of Communication.
The latest work by students of the MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course at the London College of Communication is on show at the college from 15 to 21 May 2015. The exhibition includes work by John Pearson who examines 100 years of war and the rituals that surround it.
Julian Hawkins goes on a journey of self exploration, revisiting the area he grew up around Birmingham's suburban Outer Circle bus route, the Number 11.
Ines Dumig's pictures explores the life of Sahra who settled in Europe having left her home in Somalia aged 14. Dumig said: "I tried to regain some of her lost dignity – those semi-private moments, when we feel safe enough to reveal something of ourselves."
Katerina Kontini documents the expansion of lignite "brown coal" plants in Greece and its effect on communities over the past decades.
Rachel Sato-Banks project is called Skinship. She said: "How often do we hug or even touch our loved ones' hands? These beautiful, but often infrequent gestures help connect us to one another on a basic human level. Skinship is about the fragility of physical intimacy and of life."
"Undignified rabbit pens" is how Vaclav Havel described panelaks, concrete buildings that are the most visible reminder of the communist era, and the focus of Sophie Knittel's project.
The border between Scotland and England is the subject of Erlend Linklater's pictures.
Ryan Nell explores anxiety disorders and writes about how he has dealt with the issue for many years: "This project is a psychological 'coming out' of sorts, in the hope that it might just possibly inspire other sufferers to step out of the dark shadows towards the light."