Introduction Baltz was born in California in 1945 and died in 2014, his images are therefore captured in the second half of the twentieth century. Baltz “viewed the landscape as an urbanized, structured and populated space, and portrayed these constructions as being muted and virtually faceless” (Lewis Baltz, Exposition, Photography, Fundacion MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, 2017). Baltz’s […]
Category: Part 4
Assignment 4 Draft: – Lewis Baltz – Candlestick Point
Introduction Baltz was born in California in 1945 and died in 2014, his images are therefore captured in the second half of the twentieth century. Baltz “viewed the landscape as an urbanized, structured and populated space, and portrayed these constructions as being muted and virtually faceless” (Lewis Baltz, Exposition, Photography, Fundacion MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, 2017). Baltz’s […]
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 […]
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 […]