In the pre-Modern world, when phenomena could not be explained by tangible physical interactions, they were explained by magic. As there was no understanding of, for example, magnetism or gravity, the effects of these forces were ascribed to magic or to the occult. The frontiers … Continue readingWeek 4 Reflection
Thoughts on Photography Consists of Collaboration: Meiselas, Ewald and Azoulay This is one of the recommended readings for the week and I felt I should respond to it. It seems to me that the article illustrates a way in which critical thinking fails by straying … Continue readingWeek 3 Reflection
The week started with a shoot on Saturday for my project. I have written this up separately here http://18.132.134.179/crj/shoot-diary-8th-june/ Getting out and putting my ideas into practice is key to my involvement in this course. I’m very pleased by the way that the project and … Continue readingWeek 2 Reflection
My practice would be categorised as landscape, street and travel photography. It is about found scenes and images framed in the world around me. My first shoot this week was based around the West Pier in Brighton. I was revisiting it as part of the … Continue readingWeek 1 Reflection
I had earmarked this morning to create more pictures for my Foreboding project. The project is about the effects of Climate Change and the portfolio I submitted at the end of the last module, was largely concerned with the effects of rising sea levels. I … Continue readingShoot diary, 8th June
In the activity “Place Over Time”, we were invited to revisit a place we had already photographed and then visit it again. I chose to use the picture of Brighton’s West Pier that I had included in my Work In Progress portfolio. As a child, … Continue readingWest Pier, Brighton
My CRJ is organised by categories, and my Research Project gets its own category, lined from the top menu. The project is called Foreboding. It addresses the fears of what Climate Change will bring and what is already happening. More information can be found in … Continue readingNotes on my research project
” The aim of this task is to produce a series of images as a small book, inspired by one of Ed Ruscha’s”. The appeal of Ruscha’s photography is counter intuitive. They are very basic pictures, presented well. It’s as if Ruscha is staking his … Continue readingA Dozen Building Sites
A research project proposal. This project is about Climate Change, currently recognized as the single greatest global threat to human beings and their way of life. The project seeks to deliver a collection of images which express the apprehension born of knowing that rapid and … Continue readingForeboding
There’s obviously plenty of recommended reading for the MA, but I have also received many very good book recommendations from from fellow students and tutors. One such recommendation is Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit, Learn It And Use It For Life. Tharp is a highly … Continue readingThe Creative Habit