I came across this guy through a friend who met him whilst travelling. As a photographer it has always been important for me not to abuse or use someone for my own photographic means, I have always struggled with ideas of conflict photography and tried to find arguments for and against the use of it. [...]
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Developing Nations
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Sweden, tagged Aaron Neilson-Belman, developing nations, photography, travel on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Conversations with a duckrabbit
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Picturing the Body, tagged #picbod on February 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We were lucky to be joined by Benjamin Chesterton today a founding member of duckrabbit and ex BBC Radio producer. It was an interesting hour and great to have Ben’s easy going nature leading us in what was an engaging conversation rather than a straight up lecture. Ben is a self dubbed storyteller working with [...]
Scott Brauer – We Chinese
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Picturing the Body, tagged #picbod on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After seeing Brauer series – We Chinese – I thought about the overseas students I would see at the pool halls and so the idea for the clothed body task was formed. “We Chinese grew out of a curiosity to find out what Chinese people think about their country and their future. In 2010, I [...]
Working with low light/interacting with your subject
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Picturing the Body, tagged #picbod, Dan Winters, Matt Mahurin on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As the light wasn’t so good the other day we were looking at photographers that use low light conditions in a successful way. Using slower shutter speeds and a subject your not familiar with can be problematic. You might ruin a moment by asking them to hold still for a few seconds. A little blur [...]
Fergus Heron
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some work by Fergus Heron. He looks at public spaces, interiors and landscapes, commonly experienced places. Devoid of any people his photographs feel deserted and intriguing. It is kind of the opposite end of the work I have been doing, he uses very public places where I go to places we don’t see everyday. Still, [...]
Ben Cooper
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged ben cooper, exploration, inspiration, photography on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mentioned in a previous post I found the work of Ben Cooper through ’28 days later’ an urban exploration forum. His work seems more stylised than the stuff I’ve been doing and he seems to favour a wide angled lens for a lot of his shots. As well as urban exploration (which is present through [...]
David Campbell: Narrative, power and responsibility
Posted in Essay, Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged bleasdale, campbell, capa, congo, context, essay, freedman, marlboro marine, mediastorm, narrative, papageorge, photography, photojournalism, power, responsibilty, storm, watriss on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Attended a talk today with David Campbell and his ideas on the theories and issues surrounding narrative, he began with these two quotes: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” – Robert Capa “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t reading enough.” – Tod Papageorge The talk was very thought provoking [...]
Keith Smith – CSI
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged CSI, Forensics, inspiration, Keith Smith, photography on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Learning about the different functions of photography is often interesting and inspiring and having that awakening sense of ‘I never thought about it like that’ is always a pleasant experience. It reminds me of a time when I viewed photography purely as a hobby and nothing else (a bizarre and yet common thought) and the [...]
Tom Hoops
Posted in Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged interview, photography, tom hoops on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before deciding to make a video of the photoshoot I was involved in I did start looking around at photographers that I liked the work of and who made fashion photography or studio photography more interesting. In my search I came across Tom Hoops, who is by no means just a fashion photographer but definitely [...]
Steve McCurry
Posted in Exhibition Reviews, Photographers/Practitioners, Placing Photographic Practice in Context, tagged Afgan, birmingham, boat, ektachrome, exhibition, flowers, geographic, girl, kodachrome, mccurry, national, photography, steve, travel on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Steve McCurry has been a photographer I’ve been a fan of for many years but only recently have I seen his work ‘in the flesh’ at the Birmingham exhibition. Like always it was much more impressive seeing work close up and displayed in the manner and size chosen by the photographer. As my journey down [...]
