So, I went with Jonathan Worth to Lincoln University on Monday to speak to academic staff and students about open and connected photography courses. Something that budding creative practitioners have to tackle is getting work seen above all others. Now in photography, in an age which is image rich, standing out and having an audience…
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Cinema Archive: #phonar Post-Photographic Portrait & Reflection
So I came from looking at Coventry archives and struggling to piece a narrative together that can hook a viewer. So I turned to my roots: my father has been in the cinema industry for the most part of his working life and really is an orb of cinema history knowledge. He can tell me…
Digitising Archives: A Youtube Investigation
What better way to find out about which archives are being digitised than going on Youtube. It is interesting how they explain what they are doing with the archive and how it can be accessed by people on the web. Netherlands digitising books, scanning and processing into word documents London Pulse British…
Define :
For my archive project, I felt that what I needed to do was address terms and what their definitions are; and, more interestingly, their popularity over time. So the term ‘archive’ has been used more commonly after 1900 and exponentially since the 1960s. However, whether this result correlates to internet or written mentions, I’m not…
Lives of the First World War
The Imperial War Museum are calling for stories, documents and pictures of the people served, held by families today. Their aim by the centenary for the IWM is to have 8 million personal stories built on a digital platform using multi mediums. The project – called Lives of the First World War and launching next February –…
Golden Nuggets
Tell the story of the people, not your own story. As a Western photographer, I couldn’t go to a different country and tell the story of the people without having context. Otherwise, it would be an exploration of what the photographer wants to show, like an assignment, rather than truly discovering what the real story…
Aaron Guy on the archive
http://storify.com/KateGreen28/aaron-guy-on-the-archive.html
Cinema Reseach 1960s
From reading the Chief’s log I was not in the understanding of what ‘Rank’ was. So I looked up on Wikipedia that ‘Rank Organisation’ was a big British cinema company: The company grew quickly, largely through acquisition. Significant developments included: 1938 – Odeon Cinemas was purchased 1939 – Denham Film Studios were merged with the facilities at Pinewood and the Amalgamated Studios in Borehamwood were…
Ref:1181 Chief Operator’s Log
Chief Operator’s Log 1966 Sunday 1st May First day as resident chief Saturday 2nd May Mr Garcia lostsound on PT1 of feature. change over the share amplifiers. Still no sound. Found solder join dry, remained same and carried on with programme. Report sent to H.O Sunday 15th May checked amplifier and as not happy with…
Accessing Archvies
On Tuesday 29th October 2013, I went to the Herbert Gallery to enquire about doing some archive research on the cinema industry in Coventry. I have been interested in the cinema industry all my life, being a daughter of a cinema proprietor. Coventry was famous for having such a booming cinema industry in the 20th…