Further Reflection

I was pleased with my tutor’s feedback on this assignment and did not identify anything that would suggest a need to change my image set. My final images are therefore shown below.

In my initial reflection, I had stated that I was a little disappointed with my images when comparing them to Burtynsky and his Manufactured Landscape collection (Burtynsky et al., 2003). He felt that the comparison was a little unfair on myself as the images are taken for a different purpose entirely.

I was pleased that my tutor felt that the work clearly showed my practice, my approach to investigating a subject, researching it and then proceeding to capture the images. In particular, my approach to capture, review, recapture has, he felt, improved the quality of my work – which I agree with.

A particular focus from my tutor was advice for me to reflect on what I the viewer’s experience to be when viewing the images. This could affect the images themselves, but also how they are then presented. His direct feedback was “As you progress I feel that it would be good if you started to consider the viewer in relation to your work. Start to think about how you would like to disseminate (hypothetically) the work; exhibition, book, online? This will help you further with your reviewing and editing. Maybe with the next assignments you could try and get opinions from objective viewers on your work, it’s an interesting exercise.”.

I intend to follow this advice for my future work, and especially my assignments.

Final Images

Bibliography

Burtynsky, E., Baker, K., Haworth-Booth, M., Pauli, L. and Torosian, M., 2003. Manufactured landscapes. [Ottawa]: National Gallery of Canada in association with Yale University Press.