I wrote a little while back about working with Liz Greebhan at UC Irvine to deliver a #phonar class and this was of course a challenge not only for her negotiating a new way of teaching her class, but for me to communicate how Jonathan and I have done it before using available technologies and…
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#phonar at UC Irvine
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and I am feeling super excited about how Phonar and Phonar Nation are moving forward. Phonar always used to thrive in the autumn (or the fall for any American readers) when the undergraduate class would run, but for the first time it was unhitched from this norm… Jonathan…
Workshop for Films to Make you Feel Good
In the midst of working with researchers and project leads pioneering with innovations in pedagogy, I find myself often forgetting my background in the creative arts. As part of my role as Projects and Community Assistant, I manage students and graduates who work ad-hoc on projects in different capacities; some of these are media production…
75th Anniversary of Coventry Blitz, as seen by George Rodger Archive
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz; this means that 75 years ago Magnum co-founder George Rodger was one of the first photojournalists to witness and report the devastation. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233027398″ params=”color=1560ab&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] I was with Jinx Rodger a couple of years ago uncovering her late husband’s photographic archive…
Take a Selfie!
Last week saw two campaigns I support have their nights of fame. On Wednesday I was supporting the Get Your Belly Out campaign for a Twitter Takeover to raise awareness for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis UK. Inflametary Bowel Disease carries a huge stigma because of its ‘invisible’ nature; many bellies in the community are facing a…
#FilmandFilms: The Cinema Paradigm Shift
https://youtu.be/TdknhQqH43w “a projectionist has become an overhead the cinema no longer needs” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214101106″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] An audio response to Jonny’s first point about the paradigm shift. Jonny mentioned about the redundancy of the projectionist, but I’d argue whether this actually makes it any more affordable to go digital to both…
George Rodger Archive goes to Santander!
I received an email this morning congratulating me on Story38- George Rodger Archive has been shortlisted to be showcased at Santander Photo Festival on 6th June. It’s great to have the opportunity for the George Rodger Archive story being shared, disseminated and even translated for audiences all over the world. Congrats Kate.. That is good…
Online communities making a big impact on creative practice
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…
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…