New forums for documentary – Contemplating documentary
Reading this section I had to consider the ’emergence of the art gallery as a valid forum for showing documentary photographs.’ Does displaying them in such a manner give them a ‘quality of an art...
View ArticleNew forums for documentary – The Documentary Project
Research Point Research the current activities of Photovoice and some of their archived projects. PhotoVoice’s vision is for a world in which everybody has the opportunity to represent themselves and...
View ArticleNew forums for documentary – Post documentary Photography, Art and Ethics
Exercise Read the article ‘Images that Demand Consummation: Postdocumentary Photography, Art and Ethics’ by Ine Gevers (Documentary Now! 2005). Summarise in your learning log the key points made by the...
View ArticleNew forums for documentary – Post Documentary Art
The main issue between documentary and art is how a gallery positions i.e. defines the work itself. Ignatieff (2003) stated ‘ Photography which loses sight of documentation risks becoming mannerism,...
View ArticleThe Documentary project – crowd funding
Research was directed towards several links…but as with some of the other links in the coursework some are now defunct : the 2011 BJP link in the course notes comes up page not found and following the...
View ArticleThe documentary project – other OCA students’ work
Some Documentary Projects. Not our Time; Penny Watson http://marmalade-cafe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/not-our-time.html https://weareoca.com/subject/photography/student-work-uncovered-penny-watson/ As...
View ArticleSuggested Research – in response to Assignment Four
As assignment 4 was an essay there were no images to re-work, but Russell included several links and interesting points within his feedback. I decided to research the ideas and to see if they would...
View ArticleOwn Research Magnum Photos Now: Storytelling Telling Stories: the Single...
This year Magnum and the Barbican Centre have been cultivating a relationship where they have been organising both talks and exhibitions featuring Magnum photographers. The talk which I recently...
View ArticleOwn Research – Magnum Talk – The Journey with Matt Black and Antoine d’Agata...
A great journey has long been regarded as an access point to creativity, to new experiences, places and people, and often to introspection and self-learning. I was looking forward to hearing David...
View ArticleFinal Evaluation and Reflection
Part of the final brief is to complete an overall evaluation of the course as part of a self assessment. Despite personal ups and downs I have thoroughly enjoyed working on the Photography 2:...
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