Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Friday, 11 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Marcus Davies Lecture
Grew up around art. Dad was an artist.
A-level photography. Foundation. Then Degree in Fine Art at Falmouth.
Started with documentary...
Removed midtones ;eaving black, white and shape.
Merjing negs as well as straight photographs.
Travelled about taking photos. Got a grant from the arts council and photographed bull fighting in Spain. Donated an image to VandA
Moved on to tryptiches and dyptiches of animals (stuffed so they wouldn't run about)
Coloured gels and leaves on a lightbox. Being sold by a German Gallery.
Images got very minimalist so went back to documentary for a while. Football fans!
Working on an autism project without photographing his son who has autism... Shapes, train lines. Made track tiles. possibly making into a game.
I found his work really interesting, mainly the minimalist black and white ones.
A-level photography. Foundation. Then Degree in Fine Art at Falmouth.
Started with documentary...
- American Football in UK - Gained confidence photographing people and interacting with subject
- Kids boxing. Gave prints back so he could keep coming and photographing
- Returned to events
Removed midtones ;eaving black, white and shape.
Merjing negs as well as straight photographs.
Travelled about taking photos. Got a grant from the arts council and photographed bull fighting in Spain. Donated an image to VandA
Moved on to tryptiches and dyptiches of animals (stuffed so they wouldn't run about)
Coloured gels and leaves on a lightbox. Being sold by a German Gallery.
Images got very minimalist so went back to documentary for a while. Football fans!
Working on an autism project without photographing his son who has autism... Shapes, train lines. Made track tiles. possibly making into a game.
I found his work really interesting, mainly the minimalist black and white ones.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Ian Macel Lecture
I found the Ian Macel lecture very interesting and thought he interacted really well. Every picture he showed us seemed to have a story behind it. His early images were really good and had good compositiona nd lighting even though he was self taught which I think comes from his background in graphics. I like how he used photography like a diary.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Fotonow lecture
Jon and Matt's lecture on fotonow was very insightful. I found the camper obscura particularly interesting and liked what they've done with taking photography into the community.
What I also found very interesting was their attitude to introducing the public to photography and how 'they won't go and see it, why should they? So take it to them...' I liked what they did with the King Harry Ferry exhibition.
I liked their website http://fotonow.org/ and found it interesting looking at current and past projects.
What I also found very interesting was their attitude to introducing the public to photography and how 'they won't go and see it, why should they? So take it to them...' I liked what they did with the King Harry Ferry exhibition.
I liked their website http://fotonow.org/ and found it interesting looking at current and past projects.
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Jamie House Lecture
Jamie House: Camera obscura building and Pinhole camera.
He showed us some of the projects he had done and is working on...
Pinhole Parcel Project... Posted pinhole camera's to different people all over the world, anywhere from 24 hour exposure to 336 hours. Focused on the journey of light. Subject out of his hands, photography is about the process of making an image.
Joe Babcock Collaboration... Pinhole journey project. Posted the pinhole box to and from each other until the front was covered with postage stamps, last stamp covering the pinhole. Second project posting to and fro adding pinholes to the box.
Englands Largest Camera Oscurer... 7m wide blacked out tent. One normal, one rear projection and one multi-image.
Slit projection camera obscurer. Aristotle theory of light, separating light colour with prism.. Made each tent different colours. One green, one red and one blue using slit projection and blocking off prisms.
Stranger mail art... Pinhole image of self (30 sec) Posted to stranger, they take image of themself and post back. Double exposure portraits.
Stranger memories... Long exposure on digital. Computer screen looking through strangers photo albums online. Multiple exposures.
Influenced by cubism, victorian spirit photography, postal art, John Hilliard,Nancy Burson...
I found the lecture facinating. I had no idea that all these different sorts of things could be done with a pinhole camera. I loved the creativity and imagination that went into the different projects. After the lecture he ran a workshop where we could make our own pinhol camera's which was loads of fun and he was very friendly and helpful. I made this picture... (very unflattering but loads of fun)....
He showed us some of the projects he had done and is working on...
Pinhole Parcel Project... Posted pinhole camera's to different people all over the world, anywhere from 24 hour exposure to 336 hours. Focused on the journey of light. Subject out of his hands, photography is about the process of making an image.
Joe Babcock Collaboration... Pinhole journey project. Posted the pinhole box to and from each other until the front was covered with postage stamps, last stamp covering the pinhole. Second project posting to and fro adding pinholes to the box.
Englands Largest Camera Oscurer... 7m wide blacked out tent. One normal, one rear projection and one multi-image.
Slit projection camera obscurer. Aristotle theory of light, separating light colour with prism.. Made each tent different colours. One green, one red and one blue using slit projection and blocking off prisms.
Stranger mail art... Pinhole image of self (30 sec) Posted to stranger, they take image of themself and post back. Double exposure portraits.
Stranger memories... Long exposure on digital. Computer screen looking through strangers photo albums online. Multiple exposures.
Influenced by cubism, victorian spirit photography, postal art, John Hilliard,Nancy Burson...
I found the lecture facinating. I had no idea that all these different sorts of things could be done with a pinhole camera. I loved the creativity and imagination that went into the different projects. After the lecture he ran a workshop where we could make our own pinhol camera's which was loads of fun and he was very friendly and helpful. I made this picture... (very unflattering but loads of fun)....
Monday, 29 November 2010
Competitions...
I've entered images to 2 photography competitions. A protrait into the AOP student photography awards and a wildlife shot into the National Geographic competition. Doubt they'll get anywhere but thought I'd give it a go... The images are below.
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