Expressing your Vision Blog
A5 EYV – Initial contact sheets
I have settled on trying to record the Star Ferry. It is an icon of Hong Kong and always a source of happiness for me. No matter how bad a day can be you can get on the ferry and…
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Olivia Arthur
Olivia Arthur Olivia Arthur is a British Magnum photographer, in fact, one of the youngest Magnum photographers. Here series Jeddah diaries were taken in 2009 as a part of larger project on the differences between women in the east and…
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The Rhubarb Triangle by Martin Parr
The Rhubarb Triangle by Martin Parr The Hepworth Gallery Feb 2016 On a brief visit home to Leeds over the Chinese New Year period, I took the opportunity to visit the exhibition of Martin Parr’s latest project at the…
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Photo essay – Eternal Floating Star by Shelby Tai
While researching the Star Ferry I can across this beautiful short photo essay my a Hog Kong Student; I think it covers a lot of how I feel about the ferry, although my lack of Cantonese doesn’t allow me to…
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Star Ferry Images
Shooting the star ferry in detail, the logical place to start is a Google search of images for the Star Ferry. Unsurprisingly this returns a selection of fairly standard pictures of the ferries again the Hong Kong skyline. Although, I will…
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A5 EYV Initial thoughts
Assignment 5 Preparation #1 Assignment 5 calls for “a series of 10 photographs of any subject of your choosing. Each photograph must be a unique view of the same subject; in other words, it must contain some ‘new information’ rather…
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Ex 5.1 EYV – Using your camera as a measuring device.
Exercise 5.1 – Using your camera as a measuring device. Use your camera as a measuring device. This doesn’t refer to the distance scale on the focus ring(!). Rather, find a subject that you have an empathy with and take…
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Homage to Steve McCurry or perhaps just National Geographic
The course notes refer to our back catalogue where we have created our homage to photographers. Here are three images where I was playing tribute to the photographers of National Geographic Taken in Kathmandu, by a temple I just wanted…
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