Part of week seven we looked at our we define the intent of our work, and it seems this question is always being asked more so now, as this course progresses, so I picked out part of the course material from this week That was of some interest to me.
Finally writing up my work in progress backdated more to come. After a process of taking many different photographic perspectives of Hong Kong life, and rediscovering my artistic influences I finally chose hairdressing and Shanghai barbers as a visually interesting topic to explore. Tasks and research completed to date: Arranged
Week 5 MA Photography material was about how we gaze at photographs, one of the activities we were asked to do was “discusses the pleasure we have from looking. My gaze is usually around the subject matter, or of what is of interest to me or the light and darkness
On week 4 and 5 of the MA course, I started to look at other work to see what could inspire and inform me to develop further the work on the next Photoshoot. I looked at Zed Nelson’s work, Figure 1: Nelson, Z. (2001), although I could not find any samples
Week 4 of my MA in Photography we looked at the meaning of images as we see them without a textual context, we posted our own pictures of something we were working on and see what people understood from it. This picture I took of a Gentleman who was one
Week 3 MA material was all about the construction of images and how we view images concerning the taking of a photo as opposed to constructing it. In other words, what factors do we consider when we capture images, do we view the photographs in a different way if they are
Week 2 on my MA Photography course we discussed the indexical context of pictures and their authenticity. The material presented quoted Szarkowski (Szarkowski 1980: p. 8) who wrote: “the first thing the photographer learned was photography dealt with the actual” and that the photograph is an image and not the actual thing. My
Well after the study break its now time for Module 2 Informing Contexts. Looking over the Week 1 module material I am wondering how this material can help my practice, or in my case develop my photography. Since my goal was not about creating a practice in the context of
My brief from one of my peers Street Food of Hong Kong – Photographer’s Brief Objectives An online travel magazine will be running an article on the street food scene of Hong Kong. They need some photographs to complement the article. The photographs may be used in their online magazine. Ideally,
My response from MA question week 5 mod1. Write a brief statement or ‘manifesto’ that defines your purpose as a photographer: What are your responsibilities? Who are you answerable to? Who should answer to you as an image maker? Post your text (perhaps with an image, if you wish) of
My response to a question from MA week 5 mod1. Read the following article regarding photojournalist Jeff Mitchell’s image of refugees crossing from Croatia to Slovenia in October 2015, which was used controversially by the UK Independent Party during the 2016 referendum campaign to leave the European Union. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jun/22/jeff-mitchells-best-shot-the-column-of-marching-refugees-used-in-ukips-brexit-campaign (Links to
Question from MA mod 1 week 4 Read the following short articles that deal with citizen journalism, combat photography and smartphone images. Damon Winter talking about his series A Grunt’s Life on Poynter.org: http://www.poynter.org/2011/damon-winter-explains-process-philosophy-behind-award-winning-hipstamatic-photos/119117/ (Links to an external site.) Stephen Bull ‘Digital Photography never looked so Analogue’ in Photoworks (Spring/Summer 2012)
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