Photography as a Critical Practice – David Bate Otherness in contextual practice Overall I found many of the essays within the book were unable to provide a salient argument. Although Interesting and highly relevant to my research, the essays took a fairly wide view of ethics, otherness and subjective perspective, all of which lacked the …
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Photography Against the Grain
Having re-read Allan Sekula’s Photography against the grain, I spent some time reflecting upon the salient points whilst also observing his major projects. When I received a copy of essays over a year ago I observed Allan Sekula’s understanding to documentary photography to feed into the relevant points within my Literature review, although found the …
Studying and COVID19
A Selection of thoughts and creativity during Lockdown I thought it would be helpful to note down my personal accounts to study during the ‘stay at home’ phase of the COVID19 crisis. which undoubtedly hampers the practical elements of my work, and yet the opportunity to think (although not without difficulty at times) provides both …
Invisible Britain
Portraits of Hope and Resilience The premise of this book is to illustrate a level of truth behind those whose lives go unnoticed and feel unable to voice their social situation to the rest of society because society is not listening.
Martin Parr talk
Previously to listening to Martin Parr, I would generally describe his photography as honest portrayals of British life, with an tinge of crassness, mischief and humour in equal measure. I don’t believe I could give an accurate account of Martin Parr’s personal motivations as to his primary intentions and aims. The opportunity to hear a …
Gerard Hilderly Level 3 OCA 