When I received the feedback on this assignment I was very disappointed. In my images I had wanted to show the difference between the market (which is full of people paying a lot of money for things such as coffee) and the surrounding area, which is very poor. My tutor felt that the images did […]
Category: Part 3
Assignment 3: Reflection
Demonstration of technical and visual skills I think this assignment has shown my development in visual awareness and compositional skills more than any so far. Thinking first of visual awareness, If I look for a moment at the image “Nat has Herpes”, in the past I’m not sure I would even have noticed the message […]
Assignment 3: Submission
Assignment This assignment sets the task of collecting six to eight images that support or go against the notion of Cartier-Bresson’s Decisive Moment. In my assessment of this concept, I could see arguments for and against the idea and planned to explore the idea further as part of this assignment. Thinking and Initial Steps In […]
Research: Radical Eye at Tate Modern Exhibition and Catalogue
I went to see Radical Eye – a collection of photographs from Elton John’s personal collection that was on display at the Tate Modern. I visited on 12th May 2017. Overall Impression The approximate date of most of the photographs on display was typically early to mid 1900s. The images were ordered into portraits, creative […]
Assignment 3: Initial Thoughts
Initial Thoughts When first reading this assignment my first thought was OK, I need to do street photography. But then I remembered the view that I formed on what exactly the decisive moment is, and the alternative views, so then I thought: OK, but what kind of street photography? Namely should I aim for […]
Exercise 3.3: Framing
Exercise Find a good viewpoint, perhaps fairly high up (an upstairs window might do) where you can see a wide view or panorama. Start by looking at the things closest to you in the foreground. Then pay attention to the details in the middle distance and, finally, the things towards the horizon. Now try and […]
Research: Martin Parr
Background Martin Parr is a British photographer who captures images that take a largely satirical view on human life (Wikipedia, 2017). Figure 1 below taken from Parr’s own website (Parr, 2016) is a great example of the satire that flows through all his images. In his own documentary video (Parr, 2011) Parr discusses that the […]
Exercise: My View on the Decisive Moment
What I Feel About ‘The Decisive Moment’ I feel that the decisive moment has become too synonymous with street photography which itself, outside of the very identifiable styles of well known photographers, has moved towards simply being black and white images taken of people reasonably close up out in the street; preferably with some unusual […]
Research: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Review of Film This post assesses the key learning points and reflections I have from watching the film L’amour de court (Cartier-Bresson, 2001.) The video opens with one of his most famous images shown below in Figure 1. It is astonishing that Cartier-Bresson claims that this image was pure luck and that he had simply stuck his camera […]
Exercise 3.2: Long Exposure
Introduction For this exercise I took my inspiration from my research into Sugimoto. Researching his images taken over the entirety of a film screening, I was taken by two things: The idea that a single image can in one glance show the viewer an extended period of time. The fact that the visitors to the […]