Ashvini Ray is a female photographer born in Sydney Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in 2011. Her work uses a juxtaposition of contrasting qualities to evoke the graded self-manifestation of natural forms. Ray has completed a series called 'The Untitled Series'. These images are all black and white images of human body parts.… Continue reading Ashvini Ray
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Trish Morrissey
Born in Dublin, Morrissey now resides in the UK. During part 3 of this course, Trish Morrissey was mentioned, in particular her series called 'Front'. I enjoyed looking at her work that I decided to look at her other series. One in particular called 'The Failed Realist' really spoke to me. This series was made… Continue reading Trish Morrissey
Sensory processing disorder
I have researched this for assignment 3. This is my daughters latest diagnosis. I wanted to explore this further as a way for me to 'stepping into her shoes', for me to find out more about her needs and to spread awareness. I couldn't find any photographers who has done anything similar to what I… Continue reading Sensory processing disorder
A2 – Feedback from students
One of my feedback suggestions from my last unit EYV, was to engage with other students a lot more. This included asking for feedback on my assignments. This is a big deal for me as I feel very anxious about sharing my work, I find it hard enough sending my images to my tutor. I… Continue reading A2 – Feedback from students
A2 – Evaluation against criteria
Demonstration of technical and visual skills - Materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills. (40%) In this assignment I have used a variety of technical and compositional skills throughout the images. I wanted to show raw emotions of what I still have to deal with as an adult, from something that happened… Continue reading A2 – Evaluation against criteria
Reflection end of Part One
What was your idea of documentary photography before you worked on Part One? How would you now sum it up? I had a good idea what documentary photography was beforehand as this is what I am interested in. I think this is where I show my best work, when its personal to me and telling… Continue reading Reflection end of Part One
Childbirth is the ultimate taboo in contemporary art – by Editor Charlotte Jenson at Elephant Magazine.
This was recommended as further reading from my tutor. It was an interesting read as being a mother and a photographer, I hadn't realised how many people have different opinions in birth photography. I didn't think it was a taboo subject, I just thought some people like it and for others it wasn't for them.… Continue reading Childbirth is the ultimate taboo in contemporary art – by Editor Charlotte Jenson at Elephant Magazine.
A1 – Feedback and reflection
The photographs supplied for the project express some good observations and visualqualities.tutor report The overall comments from my tutor I was happy with. As I had not planned to use the photographs I submitted originally, I thought it was a bit rushed and not executed as I would have liked. I feel as though I… Continue reading A1 – Feedback and reflection
Learn the language of photography through critique by Eileen Rafferty (YouTube lecture)
My notes on the lecture. Critiques are subject and go beyond whether we 'like' or 'dislike' an image. It is important to give constructive feedback and to address only the photograph in front of you. Are there any statements, captions, titles to help build the story. Can we get the intention from the photograph alone?… Continue reading Learn the language of photography through critique by Eileen Rafferty (YouTube lecture)
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