2022 Merit Scholarship Recipient: London King | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

2022 Merit Scholarship Recipient: London King

June 12, 2022
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Photograph of people eating in a diner

She/Her
Senior, Photography
West Photo Senior Photography Scholarship $4,000
Online Portfolio
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Describe the work you submitted for merits.

My work focuses on truth and representation at the intersection between individuals and the physical worlds they inhabit. My photographs capture potent and lucid glimpses. They open windows into lives that are intimate, delicate, often private, occasionally dark, and always honest. My portraits represent personas and the energy, tension, or effortlessness between them and the physical space their bodies hold.

A photograph of two young adults in a car

Two young adults talking. They are standing between two sheds.

Two young adults in a barren forest

Why did you decide to come to MCAD?

I got my associates in New York City and decided I was going to transfer to another institution to receive my BFA. Honestly, MCAD was the first place I thought of. I have a few friends who received their MFA here and I have always heard great things.

Two young adults on a log over a lake, playfully wrestling

Young adults on a shore

What are your plans for your senior year? And beyond?

I am planning on continuing the series I submitted for merits, and hopefully create my first full photo book out of it!

A person laying in a field with another person's hands on their face

A person in a bathroom