Cecil Beaton – War Photography
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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Research & Reflection EYV
Steve McCurry – One Minute Masterclasses
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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Stephen Shore vs Ansel Adams
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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Black & White Conversion
I mention in my assignment notes for assignment 3 that i use a simple conversion to B&W using Silver EFX Pro 2 which approximately replicates pushed TRI-X. And I thought I would drop a n post to explain why. I…
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Diane Arbus (1923 -1971)
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
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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Don McCullin – Book Review
This book was a Christmas present a couple of years ago, as I have mentioned earlier in the course I have admired Don McCullin’s work for many years and it what I thought brought me into photography many years ago….
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Don McCullin
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 – 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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Thoughts on the Decisive Moment
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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