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Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences. Hide GIFS I am Reading lets you turn animated GIFs on when you want them, and off when you don’t want to get distracted.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Anna Pepe

Senior Lecturer

Anna Pepe is a qualified Architect with a keen interest in Fine Arts and Photography, who trained at the University IUAV of Venice, one of the first Architecture Schools in Italy. Anna joined Leeds Beckett University in 2007, having previously worked in Venice and Milan, with a background in History and Theory of Architecture, as well as Architectural Design, Construction and Visual Communication.

Research Interests

Anna has a continued interest in practice-based research in Photography, particularly in the fields of Architecture, Landscape and Fine Art Photography. Her research seeks to explore the visual meaning-making process in photography practice and the many factors that can contribute to articulating and conveying a message through visual discourse. Her photography practice has a strong focus on composition, patterns and the expressive power of Photography as "a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever-attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity" (Henry Cartier-Bresson).

In 2016 alone, her photographs have been exhibited in fifteen different International Juried Photography Exhibitions across Europe, the U.S. and Canada, shortlisted in the top tier of two International Photography Awards and showcased in an international art magazine. Her first solo photography exhibition opens in March 2017 in Leeds, as part of the interdisciplinary research cluster “Women & the Built Environment” at Leeds Beckett University.