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Abigail Humphries

Border Aesthetics

About Abigail

Useless Facts About Abigail

Abigail is a professional Artist, designer & Photographer based in Ludlow, Shropshire.  Being creative from an early age Abigail always knew that her future lay in the Arts.  After attending Ludlow College where she studied art, art history, media studies and photography, Abigail embarked upon a four year course in photography at Derby University, from where she graduated with a 1^st Class BA Honours Degree.

Whilst studying at Derby, Abigail was fortunate to be taught by many of the biggest names in British contemporary photography. Her tutors & mentors included Oded Shimshon, John Gotto and the legendary John Blakemore. As a photographer, Abigail brings many of the skills they taught her to her own unique work.

Border Aesthetics

After leaving university, Abigail began a career in journalism and worked a Photographer for the Shropshire Star. Inspired to branch out creatively after a trip to
China in 2005 she founded her own creative art & photography business, Border Aesthetics (www.border-aesthetics.co.uk).

Working as Border Aesthetics has allowed Abigail to combine her love of photography and painting for commercial, educational and artistic ends.

Photography

Abigail’s first love was photography and she continues to take great pleasure in crafting captivating artistic and commercial images. In particular, Abigail enjoys the spectrum of challenges photography provides, from lighting a group portrait to deliberating on viewpoint and the timing for sports/action shots. 

In recent years, Abigail has established herself as an accomplished motor sports photographer, whose shots have appeared in numerous racing magazines worldwide. Building on this, Abigail is now in demand as a sports photographer and her work is also appreciated in the world of fashion and entertainment, where she is known for producing dynamic and elegant shots that perfectly capture the emotion of a moment.

Artwork

In producing a collection, Abigail often experiments with painting techniques and mediums.  Her fusion of traditional and modern methods has led to the evolution of her own unique style, which has most recently expressed itself in her haunting collection of sand paintings.

Abigail describes her painting as a form of personal art therapy. In bringing her emotions to life for the viewer, she is inspired by the stunning Shropshire scenery amidst which she works and the personalities she encounters daily.

Abigail’s artwork has been the subject of a number of exhibitions.

Design

Working with a local publishing company, Abigail has been intimately involved with the production of eye-catching publicity campaigns which have been seen the world over.

In addition to her commercial PR campaigns, Abigail has also developed her skills as a web-designer, able to produce custom-designed websites that combine commercial characteristic with eye-catching artistic design.

Community Work

Abigail spends one evening a week as a Youth Worker in Ludlow where she is able to share her creative skills with her group.

Client List

Abigail’s business clients include advertising, design agencies, models, publishing companies and magazines.

Photo: By Michael Martin

Photo: By Philip Porter

Luckily cars are not just part of my work but I also get to spend time with classics and sports cars by either photographing or driving/riding in them.

When I was Studying at Ludlow College we were informed that there was a mechanics course that we could take as an optional extra - I was so keen to do it but I was told by a number of people that it was probably not for me, as it turns out the course would have been invaluable for where I am now working.

At 18 I took a rally course and absolutely loved it.  My dream vehicle is a Series 1 Land Rover because I would love to have one for off roading.

The above photograph was taken by a friend of mine Mark who was there to witness me attempting to crawl out of a Caterham after a fun and very fast ride.

My little MGB