Go to the artist's website and look at other images in Shafrans series. You may have noticed that washing-up is the only piece of work in Part Three created by a man. It is also the only one with no human figures in it, although family members are referred to in the captions. Did it… Continue reading Project 3 – Exercise – Nigel Shafran
Category: Part 2 – Narrative
Project 3 – Exercise – Case Studies
Brief All three of these projects are examples of personally driven work but they become universal when we can relate to the feelings they present by visiting our own personal histories. Which of these projects resonates with you, and why? How do you feel about the loss of authorial control that comes when the viewer… Continue reading Project 3 – Exercise – Case Studies
Project 2 – Relay in contemporary photography
Examples of relay and contemporary photographic practice include Sophie Calle's Take Care of Yourself and Sophy Rickett's Objects in the Field where clashes of understanding or interpretation work together to create a perhaps incomplete but nonetheless enriching dialogue between artist and viewer. Look these pieces up online. Investigate the rationale behind the pieces and see… Continue reading Project 2 – Relay in contemporary photography
Project 2 – Exercise – Poem interpretation
Choose a poem that resonates with you then interpret it through photographs. Don't attempt to describe the poem but instead give a sense of the feeling of the poem and he essence it exudes. Start by reading the poem a few times and making a note of the feelings and ideas it promotes, how you… Continue reading Project 2 – Exercise – Poem interpretation
Project 2 – Exercise – Anchoring and relaying captions
Cut out some pictures from a newspaper and write your own captions. How do the words you put next to the image contextualise/re-contextualise it? How many meanings can you give to the same picture? Try the same exercise for both anchoring and relaying. Actual headline - Help needed to trace Lower Pyke Street fly-tipping culprit.… Continue reading Project 2 – Exercise – Anchoring and relaying captions
Project 1 – Exercise – The Dad Project
Read Campbell's accompanying text which contextualises this project, much like the photo essays of the 1940s. How does Bryony Campbell's The Dad Project compare with Country Doctor? Bryony Campbell is a photography from London. She documented her father's death from cancer with a series called 'The Dad Project'. I was consumed with so many emotions… Continue reading Project 1 – Exercise – The Dad Project
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