Project Tag: documentary

Assignment 5.2 ‘Lost Reflections’ overview (old)

Under the Bridge 1 Lead Photo

NOTE This page has been replaced/updated by: Much of my work is concerned with ‘alternative documentary of place’ and communicating ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ dimensions of: Whose place? different perspectives and interests. Looking particularly at what might be meant by ‘the female gaze’ and ‘multiculturalism’ When place? places change over time – even over a few […]

Assignment 4.3 Cuckoos at Dawn: outsider in a Kyrgyz village

Baizakh Original Spreads 4-5

Competing documentary perspectives and audience/market realities:evolution of the project concept My aims in this project were to create a charity photobook book with some text to fundraise for women’s associations in Kyrgyzstan, and also as a participatory reflection and sharing of different ‘outsider’ and ‘insider’ perspectives on Baizakh that might be of interest to audiences […]

Assignment 2.2: Amend – Shutterscapes

Carnival Colour Aldeburgh 2017 1
Lead Photo selected because of its dynamic colour and chaotic activity. I cropped the origtinal image in to remove the red person on the right and put the pink woman's mouth and face on the thirds line so that the eye goes straight to that. With an implied shout line to the women on the right - via the annoyed looking woman in the middle.

Menu 2.2.1: Aldeburgh revisited a very varied archive of old iPhone 5, iPad Pro and DSLR images processed in Light Room, inspired by the style of Marti Parr. 2.2.2: MINE, Penwith Cornwall : DSLR images converted to Monochrome in Lightroom and inspired by the moody and contrasty styles of Daido Moriyama and Brassai. 2.2.3: In […]

Assignment 2.1 Edit: Bridge Printscapes

A14 Bridge 1 Power Queen Photoscreen Print 3
On whiter Somerset paper that gives maximum tone and detail on the ink. But again the white spots would need correcting through the inking process - they are not ther on the newsprint. If they are on the screen then they can be stopped out with fluid. But more detail on the left would require more detail in the original duotone image. This paper also gives a less authentic 'art look' that is less effective than the grungy screenprint image.

Assignment 2.1 Bridge Printscapes This assignment asks me to revisit and redo an earlier project that I would like to extend in some way – because it no longer reflects my personal voice and/or technical skills. This project uses images of the A14 Road Bridge across the River Cam where I walk every day to […]