For this exercise I have to look at the series of blog posts Looking at adverts by Dawn Wooley on the weareoca website and write a commentary on whichever post I choose on my learning log. The post I have … Continue reading Exercise 4.1 – Looking at advertisements (P.90)
Peter Dench (1972-) is a British photographer who has worked as both a commercial photographer and photojournalist. Born in Weymouth, Dorset, he studied at the University of Derby, graduating with a first class degree in Photographic Studies in 1995. Between … Continue reading Peter Dench
Francesca Woodman was an American photographer born in Denver, Colarado in 1958 and who died in New York on the 19th January 1981. Born into a family of artists, George Woodman, a painter and photographer who taught at the University … Continue reading Francesca Woodman
In my feedback session with my tutor for assignment two we discussed assignment three, the restrictions the coronavirus lockdown and the possibility of self-portraiture as a way to progress with the assignment. I have been thinking how to approach this … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Mirrors or Windows – initial thoughts
As part of my research for assignment three, I searched online for contemporary photgraphers producing self-portraits. One of the photographers I came across was Rosie Hardy. From looking at her website, http://www.rosiehardy.com, it appears as though Hardy is primarily a … Continue reading Rosie Hardy – self-portraits
As part of my research for assignment three on Context & Narrative, Putting ourself in the picture, I wrote about Vivian Maier’s self-portraits. This can be read here. I am continuing to reserach self-portraiture as part of my preparation for … Continue reading Vivian Maier – self-portraits
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 – 1989) was and American photographer born in Floral Park, Queens, New York. In 1963 he enrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he studied drawing, painting and sculpture. Mapplethorpe started taking photographs after acquiring a … Continue reading Robert Mapplethorpe self-portraits
Keith Arnatt (1930 – 2008) was a British conceptual artist who stuied at the Oxford School of Art and later at the Royal Academy Schools in London. In the late 1960s/early 1970s Arnatt produced several conceptual self-portraits. In 1968 Arnatt produced Invisible Hole Revealed by the Shadow of the Artist. Although notionally a self-portrait, what Arnatt was exploring was the veracity of photography as a medium. Quoted in John Roberts, The Impossible Document: Photography and Conceptual Art in Britain 1966–1976, Arnatt stated ‘I was beginning to become aware of the unreliability of photographic evidence and began to play with that … Continue reading Keith Arnatt
Make a list of some aspects of your personality that make you unique.● Start taking a few pictures that could begin to express this.● How could you develop this into a body of work? I think it is quite difficult … Continue reading Exercise 3.2 – Your personality (P.80)
I have been trying to think of how to approach this assignment given the restrictions imposed by the coronoavirus lock down. My tutor and I discussed self-portraiture during my last tutorial and although I was initially reluctant, I am now warming to the idea. My tutor provided some links to photographers who have worked in this field; some like Francesca Woodman and Keith Arnatt I wrote about as part of my Contaxt and Narrative blog. The others, Robert Mapplethorpe and Ray Billingham I am aware of but need to research further. In addition to well-known photographers who have worked in … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Kyle Thompson
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