Introduction This assignment looks at Stroud’s Mills be they falling down, rebuilt or built around. It is inspired by New Topographics in its style and is intended to be viewed primarily as a video. Images are also included for individual viewing. Artist Statement Video The video below is my primary submission for this assignment. It […]
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Assignment 6: Reflection
Technical and Visual I found the biggest challenge with this assignment from a technical perspective was the need to produce 12 images that were all framed exactly the same. When I first set out, with the first image, the difficulty of this had not dawned on me. It was only when I came to take the second […]
Reflection: Overall Course Learning
I began this course worrying that it would pull me away from artistic expression and back towards creating aesthetically appealing images which I now would call the painterly tradition. I could not have been more wrong, the course has evolved my appreciation of the landscape discipline and the many options available to express what I want […]
Assignment 5: Reflection
Overall I am very pleased with the outcome of this assignment. I feel that it does bring together a great many things that I have learnt studying this module. I do not think that I would or could have produced this material before these studies. Technical and Visual Black and White – I chose monochrome for the […]
Assignment 5: Draft Submission
Introduction This assignment looks at Stroud’s Mills be they falling down, rebuilt or built around. It is inspired by New Topographics in its style and is intended to be viewed primarily as a video. Images are also included for individual viewing. Artist Statement Video The video below is my primary submission for this assignment. It […]
Exercise 5.7: Prepare your artist’s statement
Introduction In this exercise I have evolved my artist’s statement. After reviewing a number of statements I have seen that some can be factual, stating simply the name of the artist and where or how the images were taken. Others are more evolved, attempting to set a context and evoke some emotion from the reader […]
Exercise 5.5: Create a slideshow
Introduction The exercise is to create an audio-visual slideshow of my work. Production For this exercise I used Adobe Premier Rush which is a very lightweight consumer orientated video production package. I found it very straightforward to use but quickly hit the limits of its functionality when it came to precision editing. Some of the […]
Exercise 5.3: Print-on-demand Mock Up
Introduction This exercise required me to create a photobook of my work using the software provided by an online book printer. Product Decisions Producing the book I found that there were a number of design decisions to be made: 1: Order My images fall into three categories: decaying, modernised, rebuilt. I found that there were […]
Exercise 5.2 Print Quotes
Introduction This exercise researches the process and costs of submitting images for printing with three online retailers. For my assignment, I am likely to submit 15 images. I therefore researched the cost of submitting 15 images for printing. My images are created in a 5×4 format and so for production purposes I have chosen 10×8 […]
Exercise 4.6: Proposal for Self Directed Project
This is my proposal for LPE’s self directed project – Assignment 5. Project Brief This project will explore the plight of mills in Stroud’s Five Valleys. The influence of these mills and the industry they supported are significant in Stroud which can be seen in the names of roads, estates, factories, and the many mills around […]
Exercise 4.5: Signifier – Signified
This exercise assesses an image contained within an advert for the sale of apartments. Specifically, using the taxonomy defined by Barthes, identifying symbols within the image that are used to signify something (the signifier) and what it is that is suggested (the signified). This is an advert for apartments for those over the age of 65, […]
Exercise 4.4: Of Mother Nature and Marlboro Men
This research is my notes on reading the article Of Mother Nature and Marlboro Men (Bright, 1985) which reflects on the portrayal of the landscape in that area. Bright’s document is essentially written in three parts. Firstly, Bright sets out the historical context of landscape photography, beginning with Dutch landscape painters and progressing to the early parts […]
Photographer: Ingrid Pollard
From the course material I investigated Ingrid Pollard further. In the course her work Miss Pollard’s Party and Pastoral Interlude are highlighted. In these series she reflects on her relationship, as a black person, with the British countryside which she sees as a an area occupied by predominantly white people, see Fig. 1. This caught my attention as […]
Exercise 4.3: A Subjective Voice
These exercise reflects on the way in which I see the land, what influences do I have and how this change the subjective way in which I see the landscape. My Influences I grew up in a city, Stockport (part of Manchester) but at the age of 16 joined the RAF where I moved around […]
Exercise 4.2: The British Landscape During World War II
This exercise reviews an extract from John Taylor’s Landscape for Everyone, itself an extract from Dream of England (Taylor, 1994). Taylor begins by discussing that landscapes are often used to illustrate the way we perceive the past, done by describing how changes to the landscape are moving it away from its more traditional past. Regularly this […]
Photographer: Melanie Friend – The Plain
I reviewed the collection “The Plain” by Melanie Friend (Friend, 2021). This body of work is taken in Salisbury Plain which is both a conservation area and a military training ground. Her work aims to show the tension between the two. On a personal note, I was so taken by her images on the website, I chose to purchase […]
Assignment 3: Final Submission
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 […]
Exercise 4.1: Critical Review Proposal (Assignment 4)
For my critical review I intend to review the series Candlestick Point by Robert Blatz. I had already suggested a review of Blatz to my tutor and he agreed that this was a suitable topic but that I should focus my study onto a single collection aiming for depth over breadth. I have chosen Candlestick Point […]
Assignment 3: Reflection
Technical and Visual I am happy with the technical accuracy of my images in terms of capture parameters such as exposure and the like. I have chosen to stick with a 5:4 format which I find achieves a nice balance between a width to show the scene I want to show but with a stronger focus […]
Assignment 3: Final Submission
Landscape as Political Text This assignment explores the impact of sustainable energy on the North Cornwall countryside. I have captured these shots in the same week that the G7 are meeting, in Cornwall, with sustainability high on their agenda and so the timing and location seemed very appropriate. We think of sustainability as a way of protecting […]