my journey towards a BA in photography
Nicky Bird – Question For Seller “Almost everyone has their own collection of pictures -the earlier ones may be organized in packets or drawers, some may be in albums, others scattered around in a disorderly fashion but impossible to…
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Gregory Crewdson The course manual directs us to watch a video that is no longer available on YouTube and I can find no alternative links on the student website which is rather disappointing. I have done a brief search…
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Exercise: Setting the scene – Goodfellas (1990, Dir Martin Scorsese) This exercise asks us to view the above scene from Goodfellas and analyse what in the film world is called the mise-en-scene. The scene is where the main protagonist of…
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Roland Barthes Camera Lucida This is Barthes last book and was written shortly after his mother’s death. The Book is about what makes a photograph memorable, but it also Barthes processing the grief for his mother through trying to…
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Jeff Wall’s: Insomnia (1994) Example of how to read an image The course notes point us to OCA tutors Sharon Boothroyds 500 word interpretation of Jeff Wall’s Insomnia. This is an inciteful read, as gives a practical demonstration of what…
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Diane Arbus In Singlar Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs Read and reflect upon the chapter on Diane Arbus in Singular Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs by Sophie Howarth (2005, London: Tate Publishing). This essay begins with the statement:…
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Deconstructing and advertising image Rip out an advertising image from a newspaper supplement and circle and write on as many parts of the image as you can. Comment on what it is, what it says about the product and why…
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Exercise: Elliott Erwitt, New York, 1974 There are three subjects in the image, the main human subject is placed squarely in the centre with the others flanking her on the vertical third lines, however, the main protagonist in…
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Reading Photographs – An Introduction The objective of any picture is to be seen and photography, like cinema, is a visual language that has its own vocabulary and grammar. The technical aspects involved in photography: focal length of lens,…
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Exercise – Nigel Shafran For this exercise, we are asked to go to Nigel Shafran’s website and look at his series Washing-up as well as his other work. Shafran’s Washing-up project can be seen here. The course book talks about the captions that accompany…
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