Mar 2, 2018 | Contextual Research, Contextual Research PP, Positions and Practice |
The text for this week’s reading (Sturken, M. and Cartwright, L., 2001) on Modernity. Spectatorship, Knowledge and Power is centred around the writings of Michel Foucault, a French philosopher in the ‘post-structuralist’ tradition. The reading captures a number of...
Feb 23, 2018 | Contextual Research, Contextual Research PP, Positions and Practice |
Yet again, the reading for the week has widened my view of my own photographic practice. In this case Daniel Palmer (2013) writes about how the solitary picture of the lone photographer and author is potentially changing in light of citizen journalism and the sharing...
Feb 14, 2018 | Contextual Research, Contextual Research PP, Positions and Practice |
To me, the over-riding theme in this week’s readings is that of blurring the boundaries between the amateur and professional photographer not just in terms of the number of people taking images but also in their choice of “camera” to do the job. None so much as in the...
Feb 10, 2018 | Contextual Research, Contextual Research PP, Positions and Practice |
Our reading, viewing, coursework and webinar this week has generated a lot of reflection on my current practice of making images. Over the past ten years I have largely taken wildlife photographs across the world. I always go with a statement of intent for my trip, a...
Feb 3, 2018 | Contextual Research, Contextual Research PP, Positions and Practice |
In 2013, having recently returned from a trip to Antarctica, I visited the Sebastiao Salgado “Genesis” Exhibition in London. As I walked in through the door my eyes were immediately drawn to the image of the “Iceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland...
