I need to take a break. I have worked full-time throughout the MA and have taken many lunch hours at odd times in order to attend lectures. This regime also meant finishing work and getting straight on with studies. Weekends and days off for shoots … Continue readingWhat Now?
When I committed to photographing demonstrations, I committed myself to a whole new area of photography. This is photojournalism and I didn’t know how to do it. Being in a situation like this requires a complex set of assessments. I know that I am a … Continue readingOut on the Streets
Many writers see the roots of the current climate crisis in peculiarly Anglo Saxon interpretation of Enlightenment thinking, especially that of Descartes and Newton. There is plenty of evidence of human beings hunting animal populations to extinction before the last Ice Age, but it is … Continue readingFabrice Monteiro
A photograph can be deeply ambiguous, gently avoiding a resolved meaning, or it can bring a moment of clarity that no amount of text could ever convey. Monsanto is an investigation into the history of the eponymous chemical company. It is a dirty history of … Continue readingMonsanto: a Photographic Investigation
The story of the climate crisis as generally told is depressing. Western neoliberal capitalism is rampaging across the Earth, consuming more and more, and leaving the Earth in such a depleted state that it is no longer able to regenerate. The Earth is our only … Continue readingHow I Created The More Beautiful World
Tackling the climate crisis will not be solved by turning off lights and using an electric car. It is a colossal global problem that needs intervention and action at national and international level. Extinction Rebellion is focused on calling on government and big business to … Continue readingHow I Created Rebel For Life
During a peer review of my work, someone commented that I had included a number of pictures of cars. The work concerned was about storms, but the reviewer was right, there were cars in floods and cars being battered by the elements. It occurred to … Continue readingHow I Created Petrolhead
Date of Supervision Meeting 18/11/2020 Start time of Meeting 12:00 Length of Meeting in minutes 30 Meeting Notes & Action Points I had supplied drafts of CROP and PDF artefact for review. CROP: WM advised:My pictures should be presented as larger than those from other … Continue readingSupervisory Meeting 18/11/2020
This story has the longest backstory and goes deepest into my past. I have always lived in Sussex and visits to the coast are very much part of my life. For many years those visits were about fresh air, a break, outings with the children … Continue readingHow I created The Threatened Coast
The public outcome of my FMP is a website andthewatersincreased.com Building a website was always a logical choice as I have relevant skills. I’m familiar with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript which are the languages used to construct websites. The ongoing Covid 19 pandemic meant that … Continue readingHow it works