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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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:…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
Anna Fox – The Cockroach Diary Anna Fox British photographer and professor at the University of the Creative Arts. The video below features Anna Fox talking a little about her major projects so far – that is until the…
Read more
Maria Kapajeva Maria Kapajeva is the first artist mentioned in the course notes looking self-absented portraitures. A self-absented portrait does not feature the photographer in a literal sense. The photographer may choose to use stand-in instead or might choose not…
Read more
Tracey Moffat – Scorpio In this series, Australian photographer Tracey Moffat dresses up as a number of famous females Scorpios, which is her own horoscope sign, including among others Hillary Clinton, Bibi Anderssen, Vivian Leigh and Bjork. “Like all…
Read more
Exercise Trish Morrissey The coursebook asked me to look at 3 pieces of work by Trish Morrissey Front (2005-7). I this project, she visits beaches around the UK and Australia and gets random family groups to allow her to swap…
Read more