Photograph by ‘Lucy Shaw’ | Manchester, 2024

Dylan Yates

Based in the UK and currently studying at Manchester Metropolitan University, I have been working creatively for years and found myself drawn to minute details and unique perspectives. While leaning into macro-photography I have touched many areas ranging from street, architecture, and portraiture; setting my heart and personal time towards virtual and miniature photography.

I take inspiration from renowned artists, aiming to build something new and leting the camera be the vehicle. Through this I have fortunately been granted the chance to display my work at a collaborative ‘Fragments’ exhibition for artists and designers in Bolton in 2023, as well as collaborative exhibition between photographers at Bankley Gallery in Manchester in 2025: ‘When You’re This Small…’.

Being part of the Manchester photography scene has also granted me the opportunity to create a photobook consisting of themes abstract in nature and subjective in its narrative. Within this is a range of photographs taken by my hand in accordance to distinct themes, the book splits in two and follows the journey of these images from both ends of the book to its centre pages.