Aug 23, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
For me, the Surfaces and Strategies module has been a revelation. From a practical point of view I have learnt about production methods I had not heard of before, such as zines. I have engaged in rephotography exercises and even used other peoples’ work as a starting...
Aug 19, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
It is that time in the module when I feel frantic, excited and beginning to understand how everything I have learnt and done comes together in the Oral Presentation. Last module we submitted the Oral Presentation part way through the course and I felt that I had...
Aug 12, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
As I sit writing this blog all around me in my kitchen, lounge, dining room and conservatory are my images, printed, mounted, framed and hung in readiness for my local exhibition. I have much still to do including putting together an Exhibition Catalogue, numbering...
Aug 7, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
An article in The Times on 4 August caught my eye. It was about a book called The Colour of Time about the reworking of images of famous people and world events converting them from the usual monochrome into colour. The article argues that is important to know that...
Jul 30, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
A year ago I could not have imagined how my photographic practice might change and develop. The MA Photography to date has challenged me, frustrated me but above all has encouraged me to do things I would not have done otherwise. I am continuing to enjoy the journey!...
Jul 22, 2018 | Charting the Journey SS, MA Photography - Charting My Journey, Surfaces and Strategies |
My tutor suggested that I go to the Barbican this summer to an Exhibition of monochrome work by Dorothea Lange, one of the founding figures of photojournalism and Vanessa Winship who according to Black and White Photography is “the unsung chronicler of our...
