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Alexandra Lethbridge serves as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Art and Music at Solent University and concurrently as a Lecturer in Photography at Falmouth University. Her dual academic appointments facilitate a dynamic integration of pedagogy and professional art practice, with a focus on conceptual photography and installation art that challenges visual perception.
Her academic foundation includes a Master of Arts in Photography from the University of Brighton, complemented by foundational studies at Winchester School of Art and the International Center of Photography in New York.
- MA Photography, University of Brighton
- Studies, Winchester School of Art
- Studies, International Center of Photography, New York
Lethbridge's research interrogates deception, misdirection, and the cognitive processing of visual information. She strategically employs scientific theories to ground experimental image-making, creating works that expose ambiguities in visual culture. Her practice critically examines how society consumes media, using appropriation and sculptural elements to disrupt conventional interpretations and reveal hidden narratives within everyday imagery.
Analysis of her recent exhibition history reveals a cohesive trajectory centered on visual epistemology—how we know what we see. Projects like "Zapping the Archive" and "The Eye Sees" consistently merge artistic experimentation with cognitive science, demonstrating her unique methodology of contrasting rigorous research with intuitive creation to expose fractures in perceived reality.
Her distinguished career includes significant recognition:
- Winner, Spotlight Award (Belfast Photo Festival, 2021)
- Shortlisted, Paris Photo Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award (2014)
- Winner, FORMAT Festival Affinity Award (2017)
- Selected, Unseen Amsterdam Talent (2017)
- Winner, Moscow International Photo Awards (2015)
In her teaching role, Lethbridge supervises undergraduate and postgraduate photography students, emphasizing conceptual development alongside technical mastery of large-format cameras and digital workflows. Though grant details aren't publicly itemized, her award-winning projects like "The Meteorite Hunter" (acquired by MoMA) indicate successful competitive funding for artistic research that bridges academic and cultural institutions.
Operating primarily through gallery partnerships rather than institutional labs, her creative process involves collaborations with international festivals including FORMAT Derby and Unseen Amsterdam, where she develops site-specific installations that engage local communities in dialogues about visual literacy.
