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Whilst I'm still writing up my research posts for assignment two, I've had a couple of days out and about in Rendlesham forest. I wanted to get some practice in and experiment a bit. I forgot to take the attachment for my tripod on the first visit, so shot handheld all day. At first I …
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(Lacma.org, 2020) “I thought maybe I could learn something by standing on the continental edges of the source of Western civilization and trying to imagine, with my back to the land, what happened when the carriers of the culture went over the edge of the map,” he told me. Another time, he said, “Emptiness and …
(Danholdsworth.com, 2020) 'Blackout' (2011) is a series of images by Dan Holdsworth taken of Icelands mountainous region which is home to it's receding glaciers. The images are presented in negative reminiscent of a radiograph which creates a sense of the scientific and investigative. The white mountains against the deep black 'nothingness' sky have an eerie …
In my naivity and possibly an element of laziness, I thought a photography degree would be a lot more 'messing about' taking photographs. The feedback I've had over the course units have referred to critical thinking and critical analysis. What I've come to realise is that I don't really know what that means. I've written …
Land is a valuable commodity. There was a time when the distinction between urban and rural landscapes was clear. Urban areas were a testament to man's progress and commerce. They could be seen as industrial and technological advancement, busyness and bustle compared to the slow paced rural idyllic life portrayed within Romantic art which has …
It's interesting how our mood and the weather affects our perception. I'd read through this exercise and wondered where I was going to go, to do it. Nursing a cold and walking in dismal grey weather, I walked to the end of my road to go to the shop. It's quite a quiet road. At …
Although I have the day off today and would like to plough forward with study, I'm exhausted and have decided to rest and consolidate. I'm happy with where I'm at. What has been working well for me is that I will do informal reading/google searching and as I come across articles and photographers that I …
a1-landscape-tutor-feedbackDownload The feedback was pretty straightforward and Chris has given me some interesting things to look at which I'll comment on over the next few weeks. Chris agreed about the final edit and I'd pretty much reached the same conclusion as he did. I'd included a couple of images that I liked on their own …
St Cuthbert's way It was last year sometime that I saw the film 'The Way'. It was a Sunday afternoon, post monster gym session (my 'slob' time!) and I wanted something easy to watch on TV. When I read the synopsis of the film, I pretty much knew the plot line but I love walking, …
Firstly I am going to say, as far as I'm concerned, anything goes. That's not to say that we will agree with or like everything that is presented as 'art'. It must however have it's freedom of expression. Appropriation art or the art of appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little …
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Landscape, Place and Environment 