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Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – work in progress

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The idea behind my images for assignment 3 was that when I read through my diary entries it was clear to me that I was witholding information, I did not want to reveal much about myself. However, rather than go down the route of absented self-portraiture, I wanted to be present on the images but in a way that did not give the viewer the total picture. My plan is to crate a series of five images based around the themes of light and shade, silhouettes, screens, shade and reflections. Below are three images in both colour and black and … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – work in progress

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Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture

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I have been thinking about how to approach this assignment especially after re-reading my diary entries. The main point that came across from them was an unwillingness to reveal too much about myself. I have thought about how I would translate this into an image or series of images and initially thought of going down the route of self-absented portraiture but have decided not to pursue this approach. There are serveral reason for this but the main one is that it feels a bit cliched; the majority of the photographers we have examined in the course material have chosen to … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture

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Keith Arnatt

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Whilst trying to understand how to progress with assignment three I came across a BJP article about Keith Arnatt, https://www.bjp-online.com/2015/09/keith-arnatt-the-conceptual-photographer-who-influenced-a-generation/ I think what I liked about the work featured in the article was its diversity as this is something I am grappling with as I try to work out what to photograph for the assignment. Having had a very fixed idea of how I was going to approach it I now have several ideas which do not work together, however, looking at Arnatt’s work, perhaps they do not have to follow a similar approach if they can be combined to … Continue reading Keith Arnatt

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Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – diary

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Thursday 30th May 2019 For this exercise I have to keep a diary for a minimum of two weeks and this is something that I am hesitant or maybe resistant to do. I have tried keeping a diary for this assignment previously and found it boring to write and boring to read. I know I was reluctant to reveal what I was thinking and so it just became a list of things I did during the day. For this attempt I am going to try and be more forthcoming but I feel uncomfortable about this. Why is this and what … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture – diary

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Exercise 5.2 – Questions for seller (P.120)

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Question for Seller re-situates images in a different context and in so doing allows for a new dialogue to take place. Reflect on the following in your learning log: • Does their presence on a gallery wall give these images an elevated status? • Where does their meaning derive from? • When they are sold (again on eBay, via auction direct from the gallery) is their value increased by the fact that they’re now ‘art’? • Does their presence on a gallery wall give these images an elevated status? Objectively displaying these images on a gallery wall does not change … Continue reading Exercise 5.2 – Questions for seller (P.120)

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Research point – Gregory Crewdson (P116)

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Watch this YouTube video about Gregory Crewdson and his work and consider the questions below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CvoTtus34&feature=youtu.be [accessed 24/02/14] • What is your main goal when making pictures? Do you think there’s anything wrong with making beauty your main goal? Why or why not? • Do you think there is more to this work than aesthetic beauty? I was unable to watch the recommended video as it was not longer available, instead I watched the film Brief Encounters which is a documetary film featuring Crewson and looking at how he produced images for his Beneath the Roses collection. I think there … Continue reading Research point – Gregory Crewdson (P116)

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Research point – reading pictures – (P.104)

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Read and reflect upon the chapter on Diane Arbus in Singular Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs by Sophie Howarth (2005, London: Tate Publishing). The collection, which is edited by Sophie Howarth, features an essay by Liz Jobey analysising Arbus’s photograph A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. 1966. In writing about Diane Arbus’s photograph A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C.1966, Liz Jobey takes the reader on a journey which starts by looking at the family in the image and speculating on their lives, relationships and futures; goes on to look at the career … Continue reading Research point – reading pictures – (P.104)

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Exercise 5.1 – Setting the scene (P.109)

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Watch this famous scene from Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese in 1990: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEEVtqXdK8 [accessed 24/02/14] Don’t read on until you’ve answered the following questions. • What does this scene tell you about the main character? • How does it do this? List the ‘clues’. Make some notes in your learning log. The scene is a single shot of Henry Hill, the lead character, taking Karen Friedman to the Copacobana nightclub. The scene tells us quite a lot about Henry: He is literally and metaphorically a man who knows his way around. He is determined to get what he wants and … Continue reading Exercise 5.1 – Setting the scene (P.109)

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Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture

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Drawing upon the examples in Part Three and your own research, you can approach your self-portraits however you see fit. You may choose to explore your identity or masquerade as someone else, or use empty locations or objects to speak of your experiences. However you choose to approach it, use yourself – directly or indirectly – as subject matter. Keep a diary for a set period of time (at least two weeks). Each day write two or three pages about yourself – what you’ve been doing/thinking. This can be as specific or poetic as you wish. You may wish to … Continue reading Assignment 3 – Putting yourself in the picture

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Struggling with creativity

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The feedback from my tutor for assignment two had a familiar feel to it: as s set it quickly becomes a little predictable and rather functional, like you’ve taken a promising initial idea and not really been able to expand on it beyond a basic illustration of objects that connect to electricity and technology. Each photograph doesn’t really add anything new to the ‘argument’, so further thought on how to visual communicate the nuance of your critical perspective on technology is needed. There’s evidence of solid, regular engagement with research on your blog, but this particular assignment is rather light … Continue reading Struggling with creativity