my journey towards a BA in photography
I was recommended, by my tutor, to look at how different photographers photographs capture similar scenes in particularly the difference between Ansel Adams shots in Yosemite against the work of Stephen Shore. Now the work of Ansel Adams didn’t need…
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Diane Arbus (1923 -1971) Diane Arbus is a photographer who’s work cannot fail to grab the attention of the viewer, perhaps because of the simple reason she photographed what she called “freaks.” Born into a wealthy New York Jewish family,…
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Removed by Eric Pickersgill North Carolina photographer Eric Pickersgill has produced a fascinating set of photographs where he shows people in everyday life with imaginary mobile phones. Designed to illustrate our reliance on mobile technology I am fascinated by the…
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McCullin BBC Imagine: A Portrait of Don McCullin Don McCullin is primarily know as a British War photographer, who whilst he worked at the Sunday times in the 60’ and 70’s brought images of the Vietnam war, the Conflicts in…
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Face – Bruce Gilden “Face” is the new book by Bruce Gilden, a photographer I have expressed my admiration for in an earlier blog post. While I don’t have a copy of the book, I have seen the review and…
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The Decisive Moment. As it says in the course, the decisive moment has many lovers and haters, has pushed photography forward or held it back? In my opinion, it can hold it back because it has lead to snobbery within…
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Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank.(FOX, Gerald, 2005) Shown on ITV’s the South Bank show in 2005 this documentary refers to the world greatest living photographer and I have to say after 5 minutes I did not…
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Joel Meyerowitz (born March 1938) Continuing research on street photographers suggested by my tutor, I have been looking at Joel Meyerowitz, of whom to my embarrassment I had no previous knowledge. Meyerowitz was inspired to take up photography by seeing…
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Philip Lorca – diCorsa – Photographer (Born 1951) It was suggested by Simon, my tutor that I look at the work of Philip Lorca diCorsa, in comparison to the work of Bruce Gilden (or Bruce Davidson). Straight away you can…
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Henri Cartier-Bresson ‘L’amour de court’ (‘Just plain love,’ 2001) Henri Cartier – Bresson is perhaps one of the most iconic photographers not just of this generation but also in the history of photography. This illustrated by just reading the first…
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