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 …
Assignment Four, background reading
For the purposes of Assignment Four, I have chosen three main texts as reference and background reading. These are: "A Dream of England, Landscape, Photography and the Tourist's imagination" by John Taylor "Landscape and Englishness" by David Matless "Storied ground, Landscape and the shaping of English national identity" by Paul Readman What is evident within …
Some initial experiments for assignment five – finding an alternative direction
I was looking forward to executing my idea for this self-directed project. I'm working to the premise that it's unlikely to be possible. Whilst I feel some level of disappointment, I also appreciate that it may be an opportunity to take an entirely different direction which in the end may result in an exciting piece …
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Exercise 4.5: Proposal for self-directed project
We are living in strange times and opportunities for completing photography projects are somewhat limited. I'm going to submit here a Plan A and Plan B. Plan A is what I would like to complete if the current situation changes and that becomes possible. Plan B is a realistic alternative that can be completed should …
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Exercise 4.5: Signifier – Signified
Are you loving it? I've chosen an advert which is a bit left of field because I find it really interesting and very effective. I've had Macdonald's food probably about three times in my life usually because someone else has wanted it. My very elderly Aunt likes Macdonalds apple pie and finds the young staff …
Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures (YouTube Sarah Meister and Sally Mann)
https://youtu.be/rQGQwaoyZo8 An interesting discussion on the latest exhibition of Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures at MOMA The central premise of the exhibition is to explore the relationship between words and pictures. Sarah Meister asks Sally Mann to write some text to accompany Lange's image titled 'The Defendant, Alameda County Courthouse'. Mann's words centre on the …
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Exercise 4.4: ‘Of Mother Nature and Marlboro Men’
It should be noted that Bright's essay was written 35 years ago. It's really good to see a piece like this included within the coursework as there are times that the work we are guided to view is very male-dominated. Indeed I have a prejudiced view of having to read Barthes and Burke, both of …
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Exercise 4.3: A subjective voice
I grew up in a little village in Devon near Torquay. It was a new housing estate of starter homes which of course I had no concept of. The view from my bedroom window was of farmers fields which often was full of sheep which could be heard usually in the morning. The country lanes …
Landscape, Place and Environment 