Thank you Charo, Ana, Gonzalo and Jesus for my gifts and letter! Looking forward to organising fun things for Santander Photo 2016. I am also super pleased I have been sent a Terriotorios Libres Pasaporte to take a look at- the little cogs are going thinking about how they can be used with children participating…
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Santander Photo Exhibition, 2 years on
It’s been two years since the #Picbod class took flight opened the first Santander Photo Festival. I have had chance to reflect on this collaboration recently and think about how learning communities are extremely powerful and can truly build friendships. I still speak to Charo often about possible collaborations and projects, albeit it is very…
Santander PHOTO
Seven level two photography students are taking the last steps in organising their trip to Santander. Following the success of the #Picbod13 Exhibition at Fargo in Coventry, two remote students on the course have been working collaboratively with the students organising another exhibition overseas. The Picbod course, led by Matt Johnston, was a hit,…
#Picbodlegacy Task 1
“In portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter … one must paint its atmosphere” – Umberto Boccioni Throughout #picbod we explored the self-portrait through to the empowered portrait as a live encounter with the body. However, Boccioni highlights how we self reflect through our own environments. Therefore, this week’s…
#Picbod Digital Artefact
Not only did we have to make a physical artefact ready for exhibition, but also an appropriate digital version. The digital version should not be just a scan of the artefact as the magic would be lost. As I made a photobook and spent quite a lot of time designing and making it, I decided…
#Picbod Bibliography
Pierre Bessard. Chattanooga – The Green Factory, Editions Bessard. Paris. Last accessed 2013 Aglae Bory. Intimate Self Portraits. Available online: http://www.featureshoot.com/2012/06/intimate-self-portraits-of-mother-and-daughter/. Last accessed 2013 Elinor Carucci. Print is not Dead. Available online: http://vimeo.com/38162861. Last accessed 2013 Elinor Carucci. Available online: http://elinorcarucci.com. Last accessed 2013 Ed Kashi. Eye Contact. Available online: http://vimeo.com/30908406. Last accessed 2013. Ed Kashi. Available online: http://edkashi.com/. Last accessed 2013 Anthony Luvera. http://luvera.com. Last accessed 2013 VII: Stephen…
#Picbod13 Exhibition
Although the #Picbod13 installation is not quite complete, we’re almost there!! The two day event opens on Friday 8th March with a big celebration of 32 Coventry University students’ work along side the work of the remote students across the world. Without shadow of a doubt, I definitely put my all into the exhibition, with…
#Picbod Jonathan Worth “Negotiation”
Jonathan Worth asked the class whether we think of ourselves as photographers, oddly few raised their hands. He then asked us what is a photographer? The discussion varies between a ‘professional editorial photographer’ to an author, telling photographic narratives. They say that there are a thousand words to every picture after all. How much can…
Digital Artefact Research
As I have made my physical artefact, a photobook, I decided that I wanted to create a digital video explaining the design while showing the production of the book. However, I felt that I wanted to look at other short films beforehand. Firstly, I looked at Ed Kashi’s ‘Eye Contact’. The video is a photofilm…
#Picbod: Editing and Designing the Photobook
Such a long process it has been to create my photobook now entitled ‘unwelcome Invitation’. Original Idea: To narrow the horizon between photographer and viewer as intruders, I wanted the portraits to be hidden inside envelopes to be opened up. However, to break this up I wanted to include ‘rests’ of artefacts within the homes…