The feedback for assignment 4 gave some suggested reading about colour and I have been exploring that through the websites provided and also several books and an article in Outdoor Photography magazine issue 263. When we think of certain objects we immediately associate a colour with them. Sky – blue, danger – red, snow – …
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Research Point: Photographs and Context
The following is the result of reading the following by Terry Barrett and some of the points raised: – ‘Photographs and Context’: terrybarrettosu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/B_PhotAndCont_97.pdf How a photograph is interpreted can easily be different to what the photographer intended. Especially if the photographer is not involved in how their image is used. When a person gives consent …
Jessica Park
In his book Uniquely Human (2019) Dr Prizant shares experiences of working with individuals who are on the autism spectrum. One of these individuals is an artist named Jessica Park. Park is a self-taught artist from Massachusetts in the USA. Her work depicts architecture in bright, vibrant colours using acrylic paints. Her work has been …
I Photograph to Remember
Pedro Meyer is a Mexican photographer. Although born in Spain, his family emigrated to Mexico in 1937. Initially a documentary photographer he is also known as the founder of ZoneZero, a photography webiste. In 1991 he published the first ever CD-ROM containing sound and images. I came across Meyer’s work, in the book Photograph and …
Sally Mann – Hold Still
This is described as “A Memoir with Photographs” and describes Mann’s life, while exploring the lives of her forebears through photographs, information passed down verbally and in writing, and research. It is also a story of life and death. Sally Mann talks about the death of family members, including her father, but that is not …
Nan Goldin
“The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” “is the diary I let people read.” It is a visual diary of the family and friends that make up Goldin’s tribe. Originally a slide show with a musical soundtrack, it was eventually made into a book. In the forward to the book Nan Golding talks about why this visual …
The languages of light
Before starting part 4 of Express Your Vision I thought I’d give some thought to how I might approach the coursework, especially because we are still under lockdown because of COVID-19. With that in mind I drew up an initial flowchart to give me some idea of the direction I planned to take. Different Types …
Project 1 – The Frozen Moment
Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge (born Edward James Muggeridge) was a 19th century English American photographer who was a pioneer in the study of motion using photography. Although originally a landscape and architectural photographer, he is remembered for his study of horses trotting and galloping, the result of being hired by Leland Stanford, a former Californian …
Lens Work
Wim Wenders ‘ The most political decision you make is where you direct people’s eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political… And the most politically indoctrinating thing you can do to a human being is to show him, every day, that there can be no change. ‘(Wim …
Square Mile – Research
The following have spent time within their locality and/or in an autobiographical way: Keith Arnatt: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/keith-arnatt-666 From the webpage above I found my way to a page on the Tate website that showed 133 of Keith Arnatt’s images. One of the first that I saw was the Self-Burial (Television Interference Project). I was familiar with …
Jenna Powell - Expressing Your Vision 