Fortunately, the previous Friday I had an excellent opportunity to speak with my tutor about my work in progress and get feedback on how the images were developing from earlier sessions. During this week's tutorial, I presented some improvements I had made to the work I am intending to submit for the WIP portfolio assignment. … Continue reading Week 11 – Tutorial
PHO702: Coursework
Week 10 Enter the Academy
Paul Lindsay | Gluttony & Factory Pig Farm This week's task is to research a group exhibition that I think my work could fit into, consider the curatorial intent of the exhibition and reasoning why my work could be included. The 2015 'Meat' exhibition held at the Global Group 3000 gallery in Berlin is the … Continue reading Week 10 Enter the Academy
Week 9 – Critical Review of Practice
This was a very useful exercise in both receiving and providing feedback, although it took a lot of time and week 8 study still needs some catching up. This was a further opportunity to have more eyes on my work to date and to see whether it is developing in line with intentions. Some issues … Continue reading Week 9 – Critical Review of Practice
Week 8 – Responses & Responsibilities
Vietnam, Philip Jones Griffiths, 1967 This week's topic is one of the first that touches on some of the issues I have been thinking about in my work. With newsfeeds and social media pumping out an almost endless stream of what many would consider shocking material it is difficult to sift out those images that … Continue reading Week 8 – Responses & Responsibilities
Week 7 – A sea of images
This week the National Geographic magazine was a central topic which generated quite some varied dialog. I can recall my grandfather having an enormous collection of NG that must have gone back decades. I spent countless hours leafing through them, taking in all the strange and exotic people and places. I certainly did not at … Continue reading Week 7 – A sea of images
Week 6 – Portfolio Review & Tutorial
This week included a portfolio review and a 1:1 tutorial with my tutor. I received a lot of great feedback on work to date and several useful leads to follow up. Reviewing my WIP with my tutor, there were two areas identified for further research and experimentation to determine how to develop them further. I … Continue reading Week 6 – Portfolio Review & Tutorial
Week 5 – Gazing at photographs
Merry Alperns project 'Dirty Windows' and her voyeuristic vigil perched just out of sight above a toilet window from a sex club raises a multitude of questions on the gaze and where are the limits, if there are any limits at all on intruding on others. The grainy black and white shots capture personal moments … Continue reading Week 5 – Gazing at photographs
Week 4 – Viewers make meaning
This was an insightful and productive exercise, post an image with no supporting text or context and see how your peers interpret it. I chose an image from a long-term series I have been building of cats I see standing in the middle of large open spaces. The theme of the series is 'Solitary Hunters' … Continue reading Week 4 – Viewers make meaning
Week 4 – Into the image World
I have spent the last couple of weeks reading further into the encoding/decoding of visual messages and how text is used to orientate or strengthen the dominant reading. Something I keep coming back to is the idea of unstorys. The only definition which seems to come close to describing this is 'a story which lacks the … Continue reading Week 4 – Into the image World
Week 3 -Reflection
I first saw the work of Ana Barrado illustrating a book of quotes from J. G. Ballard published by Re/Search. Unfortunately, I have been unable to track down much about her work or intent other than a few blog posts and references to a photobook published in the 90s. Memories of the Future Rockets, Vintage … Continue reading Week 3 -Reflection
