Michelle Sank came to Coventry University on Thursday to talk about her photographic works. She spoke of her relationship with light and how she is drawn to light from the coast, as it reminds her of the colour richness from her upbringing in South Africa. However, for me, I was drawn to the indoor portraits…
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Chattanooga: The Green Factory (Pierre Bessard)
Chattanooga- The Green Factory. The Green Factory is a self publication by French photographer Pierre Bessard. He travelled to Chattanooga in America to explore more of the neighbourhood the residence has created. The photobook comprises of family portraits within their homes, personal stories and architectural photography. The Green Factory is a neighbourhood which challenges the…
#picbod 120mm Film
Needless to say that I have been disappointed post-development with some of my shots. Although I have not scanned them all, I found that the development was not quite accurate on some of the images to which I’m massively upset. I am reasonably happy with the below images, although the one of my grandfather stood…
#picbod Digital before the film
Although I have been shooting on 120mm film, I have made backups with digital, just in case. So not only have I been thinking about my subjects, but also artefacts within rooms of their homes. I have selected my favourite images from what I took on digital. I feel that these images could be used…
#Picbod The Empowered Portrait
Anthony Luvera assisting homeless people with self portraits meant that he did not take away a photograph with solely his photographic voice. The assistance meant that he was on hand technically and could guide them, but the sitters themselves dictated how they wanted to be perceived. George set this week’s task, the ‘Empowered Portrait’ to…
#Picbod Guest: Anthony Luvera
Lecture Notes. “Not just about the aesthetic- there should be something more that the visual. Exempla of aesthetic beauty and investigation with photography as research.” Artist, writer, educator. Anthony Luvera asked these questions: What is collaboration? Who is it for?? (agency, organisation, funders, photographers, sitters) Are we using or seducing the subject? What is the…
#Picbod: task four response
So here is my submission for task four. I decided that I was not ready to invade people’s spaces, so I sat in a barbers shop and watched this guy have his hair cut. I don’t know his name, but he was saying that he has a job interview for a shop in town…
#picbod 35mm tests
So before jumping in with the medium format 120mm film, I have spent time with the Pentax Asahi s1a and some (terribly cheap) 200ISO colour film. I do regret getting such horrendous film because I feel that I could have received much higher quality images. But still, for tests, they serve good purpose. To date…
#picbod Responding to Lisa Potts
On Thursday we listened to an intense audio conversation between Jonathan Worth and Lisa Potts. Lisa was a stab victim in the face of protecting the school children she worked with at a school in 1996. She shared her eye-witness story of how the attacker lept the fences, drew a machete to attack the children…
#picbod plan
So, I have been thinking about a diverse range of people to include in my project, but where best to start than home, right? I have decided to head back to the flats of Lincolnshire next weekend to see my immediate family. However, the idea of intrusion differs between photographer and viewer; for me, intruding…