This blog is being made as part of on going academic research post an accredited education programme- MA Photography with Falmouth University
Imagine you are being commissioned by a newspaper, or magazine, to shoot a story in five to seven images. It can be about anything – ideally something local – but the images must tell the story by themselves; be strong enough to carry the narrative. The story can be about a person, a place or
Borders exclude, I felt the need to look at those excluded and the fallout from their exclusion. This led inevitably to the ongoing migrant crisis and the awful implications for those caught up in it. So many people fleeing from war zones all heading for perceived places of safety or where relatives already live. I
This week, we began to look at the different commercial environments in which photography operates and were asked the following questions. During the course of this week, has your opinion changed about which commercial environment you are operating in, or want to be operating in? Not really, Ive been working in advertising photography from being
Ive always worked professionally in photography, all I ever wanted to do growing up in the recession hit 80’s Midlands was be a photographer, my early influences being ads in glossy magazines, notably at that time cigarette ads, although Ive never smoked, I was very attracted to the ads, the concepts behind the image, the
The Cariou Prince case puts me in mind of this anecdote, it has numerous forms and I’ve reconstructed this from a couple of different versions. Essentially Pablo Picasso was out dining, or drinking in a cafe when he was approached by a man, or the owner of the cafe, as I said there are various
We would like you to share the different research methods you plan to use this term when creating your Work in Progress Portfolio. As contemporary photographers today you will all be used to carrying out a certain amount of practical or contextual research before, and during, the creation of a body of work. My Project