Biography
Jamie Standbridge is a young creative professional, graduating with
a degree in photography and video at De Montfort University in Leicester,
2007. He has gone on to build a Photography and Video production company
called Media Renegades.
With a passion for lens based images, from the age of 15 Jamie has worked
with a wide range of formats, from black and white film and colour polaroid
to modern digital imaging systems.
A lot of his current personal work is being carried out on inferior
cameras as a personally enforced boundary. From constantly creating
work with a 2 mega pixel camera on his mobile phone or working with
a cheap polaroid camera, jamie is attempting to create work that is
diverse.
With his business partner, Jamie has managed to build a successful business
around their differing skill sets. From creating TV ads to working with
youth groups, their company is a creative force to look out for in the
Leicestershire area.
Aside from his work Jamie is a social creature that enjoys a wide range
of leisure activities, from rock climbing to mountain biking, BMXing
and even a spot of juggling.
Statement
"Moving to Leicester in 2004 I have been a Leicestershire resident
for five years and counting. Becoming heavily involved in the creative
community towards the end of his degree I felt that I had too many connections
to loose if I left the Leicestershire area.
Working closely on a project centring around the music scene in Braunstonegate,
I began to expand my network within the Leicestershire area. I created
music videos and photographs for many of the local bands, specifically
partnering up with "The Dirty Backbeats" and working closely with them
over the last two years of their musical career.
Beyond my relationship with the music scene I have been working within
a wide gaumit of the creative community in Leicester. I have collaborated
closely with illustrators, graphic designers and other photographers
and videographers as well as working within the community with youth
groups and NGO's.
My work as an event photographer has helped to introduce me to many
of the different cultures that surround Leicestershire. From the Caribbean
Carnival to Diwali, Leicester truly is a cultural hub of the East Midlands."