For this exercise I have to reflect on how marginalised or under-represented people or groups in society can be badly or unhelpfully portratyed and whether being an insider might help combat this. Marginalisation can be defined as: Marginalisation – sometimes … Continue reading Exercise 3.3 – Reflecting (P.80)
There are many challenges that the restrictions on movement the coronavisrus outbreak has created and taking photographs is a very minor one. I wanted to somehow capture the impact of the extraordinary times we find ourselves in but did not know how to do this whilst at the same time complying with govenment instructions around minimising going outdoors and maintaining social distancing. In the end an idea came to me whilst exercising and dog-walking as I was struck by the number of discarded gloves, and occassionally face masks, that I came across. I think my typology serves as a metaphor … Continue reading Coronavirus – gloves and masks
After feedback from my tutor I have decided to change the captions of the images to personalise them. Continue reading Assignment 2 – Vice Versa – revised images
My tutor’s feedback for assignment 2 can be read here. The online feedback session was very useful and I will be making the changes suggested by my tutor, namely adding the sitters names to the images, amending the David Bailey quote and adding a link to my blogpost about Irving Penn; although I made reference to it in my post about the assignment I did not post it until after our discussion. Continue reading Assignment 2 – vice versa – tutor feedback
Daniel Meadows (b.1952) is a British photographer, photography and digital media teacher. He studied at Manchester Polytechnic in the 1970s alongside other notable British documentary photographers including Brian Griffin and Martin Parr. In the Spring of 1972, Meadows rented a disused barber’s shop on Greame Street in Moss Side, Manchester and opened a free photographic studio. Although he had to close it after two months, due to lack of funds, Meadows would use the experience to develop one of his future projects. After The Shop on Greame Street, Meadows produced two series with Martin Parr, Butlins by the Sea in … Continue reading Daniel Meadows
The feedback from my tutor for assignment one can be read here. I don’t have anything to add to the feedback as I think it was fair and accurate. As using flash is something I have little experience of I … Continue reading Assignment 1 – The unfamiliar – Tutor feedback
Martin Parr is probably the best known contemporary British documentary photographer. During the 1980s Parr was working and living in New Brighton on Merseyside where he shot his work, The Last Resort. Working in New Brighton at the same time … Continue reading Research task – What type of photographer are you? (P.63)
Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits and still lives. Worlds in a Small Room, was a collection of photographs taken by Penn spanning a period of over 20 years which were taken whilst he was working on fashion shoots for Vogue. The photographs are portraits shot in studio conditions and started with a trip to Cusco, Peru, in 1948 where he hired a daylight studio to photograph with Northern light (Penn, 1974). Later on he had a custom studio tent built which he used on field trips between 1967 and 71. … Continue reading Irving Penn – Worlds in a Small Room
Demonstration of technical and visual skills Materials As a thank-you I will be giving the sitters a print of their final image and a copy of the final file so they can use it for their social media accounts should … Continue reading Assignment 2 – vice vesa – reflection
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