Ed Ruscha Books & Co is an exhibition of artists books by Ed Ruscha along with 100's of other artists. Ruscha set about re-inventing the artist book from the 'luxury status' to an emphasis on the artist concept. His books were inspired by the slim inexpensive volumes that Ruscha encountered in European book stalls. His …
Typologies
A Typological photo series tends to be presented in a grid like form. The Becher's spent thirty years creating works of "anonymous sculpture" of industrial forms. This approach draws on "the scientific objectivity of photographic evidence" (PhotoPedagogy. n.d.). Bernd and Hilla Becher, Typologies of architecture August Sander applied this approach to portraiture, photographing thousands of …
Joel Sternfield
(Oxbow Archive — Joel Sternfeld, n.d.) The photo series begins with the above quote. Although the images are taken in America, they could very easily be my local area. The images show various seasons and the changes that occur. They depict natural wilder areas alongside traces of human activity in the farmed fields, camp fire …
Richard Misrach
(Richard Misrach's Ominous Beach Photographs, n.d.) Misrach's images were taken on the back of a terror attack in Washington where Misrach was concerned for his son who was nearby. He took the images from the balcony of his hotel. On one hand, the viewer sees simply people enjoying the seaside but there is an ominous …
Jem Southam
(Jem Southam | Biography & Art Works | Huxley-Parlour Gallery, n.d.) Viewing Southam's images, they seem so familiar, just like the work I did for my assignment three. (Which is of course is why my tutor recommended it). Southam is also from the West-Country (like me). He is a widely renowned landscape photographer who documents …
Martin Parr and British identity
Martin Parr, Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, 2017. © Martin Parr. Courtesy of Magnum Photos and Rocket Gallery. (Pound, 2020) Whilst Martin Parr would be described as a documentary photographer rather than a landscape photographer, his work is pertinent to my assignment four essay because of his focus on British identity. I don't think there is any other photographer …
Our Forbidden Land – Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin began her photography career photographing her children and had worked in publishing prior to her marriage. She's quoted as saying she'd have liked to have been an adventure-documentary photographer, instead she focussed on producing photo books. Whilst she considered herself more a documentary photographer, she produced beautiful black and white landscape images often …
We English – Simon Roberts
The Haxey Hood, Haxey, North Lincolnshire, 5 January 2008 © Simon RobertsSunderland vs. Liverpool, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 16 August 2008 © Simon Roberts(We English - Photographs and text by Simon Roberts | LensCulture, 2009) 'We English' is body of work produced by Simon Roberts in 2009. Roberts travelled in a motorhome with his wife …
Ingrid Pollard
Wordsworth's Heritage Wordsworth's Heritage, Ingrid Pollard 1992 Ingrid Pollard is a London based British artist and photographer who uses portraiture and traditional landscape imagery to explore constructs such as Britishess. (Tate, 2020) I chose to post the image above because it made me smile. Everything about the 'postcard' is typical, even the text at the …
Pheobe Kiely, They were my Landscape
(They were my Landscape Phoebe Kiely, 2020) This is a beautiful book and a good way of viewing the landscape differently. Shot in black and white film, the images involve both random views of the immediate landscape and also portraits. There is both abstraction and texture. The images are taken at close range which removes …
Landscape, Place and Environment 