ABOUT ANETE SOODA

“HAVE FAITH IN YOUR OWN BAD TASTE”

The claim that I have bad taste and faith in the work I create is perception. It’s the way I see things for myself, it is a soothing tagline that makes my career more pleasant for myself, even when I have doubts and downsides. The taste is vital to be unique and having faith is the core for the success.

Working professionally for five years in Hull and East Yorkshire and have gained some respectable client list, I’m always seeking for more diverse work experience.

My usual clients include areas of creative commercial, marketing, health care, portraits, weddings, social, comedy, events ad festivals.

Aside from my professional practice I use the medium to explore my roots and heritage. Being Latvian born I have the privilege to have a multicultural vision and understanding for life that I can use in my practice and in  my advantage. Photographic series Home Glory and End of Life works as a bridge between two countries, between two personalities.

Studied BA Photography in Hull School of Art&Design, graduated with First Class Honours and thanks to wonderful and tough three years I have an academic background and a good package of knowledge.

In the last years I have discovered the need to talk about my photos. Writing a blog gives pressure free platform to have a voice. Originally it started as a method of an exploration, but in the year of 2017 when Hull became UK City of Culture and I took on a weekly photographic challenge. Writing became a big part of the photographic work I was building. I continued in 2018 and writing is still part of my practice just on a smaller scale

Self-exploration and career building is hard to combine sometimes and whilst successfully building a client base I want to remain true to the “bad taste”.

My early inspirations of kitsch, the man-made “ugly truth” and photographers like Martin Parr and Peter Dench started the journey of in depth interest in photography. I admire the bold approach and that has given me a courage to own my vision and instinct when I create work. I also have learned to love sentiment and own each photograph as dead moment that can be re-visited time and time again to seek comfort and conclusion.

My hobbies are sleep, nana naps, cats, dogs and travel, which goes hand in hand with my work.