my journey towards a BA in photography
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 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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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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Exercise 5.2 Having a consistent theme has been something that I have very much taken away from this course and its assignments. And on that note, I have tried to keep a loose theme of Hong Kong across my assignments…
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Exercise 5.3 Response to: Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare – Henri Cartier-Bresson Writing a critical analysis of a photograph is a weak-spot my mine and to the fact that is one of the most famous and viewed photographs in the world…
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In the context of the above statement, I looked at the photography of John Davies and Chris Steele-Perkins as they both have shot Mount Fuji juxtaposing it with the every day industrial surroundings. I was little unsuccessful at find much…
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Sata Shinato – Night Lights Recommended in the course notes, this is an exciting series that is close to my heart. I can find that the light in Hong Kong is very uninteresting and at most times of the day…
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In the late 1990’s I was undertaking City & Guilds photography at night school and in the opening module we had to write I think it was 2000 words on a photographer. This terrified me as I wasn’t at all…
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Steve McCurry is an American editorial photographer best known for his photograph “Afghan Girl” which originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. Above is the first line of the Wikipedia entry for Steve McCurry a photographer (along with Don McCullin) I…
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