This blog is being made as part of on going academic research post an accredited education programme- MA Photography with Falmouth University
All images can lie. they are all fictional. There I said it, sweeping but true, unless the image is wholly objective, ie forensic photograph recording a crime scene for evidential purposes but even then it has to be trusted the content of the frame IS the scene and nothing has been manipulated. So yes I
“Is there anything peculiarly “photographic” about photography-something which sets it apart from all other ways of making pictures?” The question posed by Snyder & Allen The answer is yes, we should be mindful when viewing a photographic image not to take it at face value, to subject it to scrutiny, do not assume the photograph
What is real? When you look at an image, digitally on screen or physically as a photograph it already isnt the real subject. Its a representation of that subject so the image is already a step away from reality. Putting this aside and concentrating purely on the content of the image, is what you’re seeing
“I doubt if these islanders are acquainted with any other mode of representation but photography; so that the picture of an event (on the old melodrama principle that ‘the camera cannot lie, Joseph,’) would appear strong proof of its occurrence.” The South Seas,1896, Robert Louis Stevenson. ‘The Camera cannot lie’. A colloquial phrase that remained
Heres a short promo for Fontcubertas Stranger Than Fiction show at National Science and Media Museum only a couple of minutes but show not only his artistic works but also how he himself becomes part of the work itself. The borders between photography, film and performance art all combined seamlessly to create the narrative.
We have been asked to share a brief summary that explains the ‘nature’ of our photographic practice comparing and referring to one of three case studies included in this weeks lecture. Demonstrate how your work emphasises the characteristics of a particular case study; Note how these case studies may not fully represent the full nature
Human Choices Leaving aside my commercial advertising practice my personal practice is prolific and extremely varied. I will shoot landscape, cityscape, street documentary and portraiture. I’ll pursue the banal, and then be concerned with only subjects of a certain colour, unintentionally symmetrical or follow a pattern or form. Humour, light and shade, irony, the human condition.
During our trip to Paris Foto, so much to take in, I’m glad we made the time to get over to Polka Gallery and catch a show of Toshio Shibatas wonderful images, this time presented as Cibachromes. A now defunct reversal print process, its hallmarks being supremely glossy, very sharp and saturated images, not far