BIO

Yas Crawford is an internationally awarded photographer who has exhibited in the UK and Europe. Crawford is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and a Fellow of the Geological Society. She was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales where the landscape and biological make-up have subliminally influenced her work. With a degree in Geology and a master’s in Photography, Crawford has worked in various business roles, an entrepreneur in life sciences, and now working in what she calls ‘The Grey Space’ in-between disciplines. Crawford's research touches on mapping evolutionary change and the impact it has on mankind.

Crawford's work has been recognised over the last two years with several international awards including Winner of the Art of Neuroscience Award 2021 for Cognition IX, Winner of the Land Air 4.0 Quasi Quadro Award 2021 with Inception I, Finalist of the RPS Science Photographer of the Year 2019 for Oxygen Ib. Crawford held her first solo exhibition Cellular Flow, I've been thinking... in Barge, Turin 11 Dec 2021 to 25 Feb 2022.

Multidisciplinary collaborations include a neurological project/video animation with a MSc Animation student from Tehran University of Art 2021-2022, an evolutionary biology project with Nottingham University/UK Pint of Science, research on mapping neural activity in the brain for The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Canberra and PhD research on the immune system of M.E/CFS patients withQuadram Institute of Biosciences, Norwich.

A Biological Journey.

Biology defines us, it’s almost rule-less unlike physics and chemistry, which are laden with laws, regulation and procedure, a necessity but limited. The path of the cycle of life remains in the ‘Grey Space’ that space in-between disciplines and is challenging. The Holocene Epoch; a journey of geological creation, the first life on earth, adapting genetics, human behaviour and interaction, environmental change and viral contamination remains a biological mystery undefined, ambiguous , unknown and often uncontrolled by humankind. Working within the ‘Grey Space’ I anticipate a journey tracing time, stimulating our senses, finding consciousness in the subconscious and allowing us to live, for a moment, in the present.