Assignment Two: Narrative – Reworked Submission
My tutor gave me some great feedback on each of the images and the series as a whole. One word stuck in my mind – “abstract” He commented; “The more abstract approach to these relatively ordinary objects is perhaps the key to the success of the series?”. The feedback makes more sense to me now…
Assignment two: Narrative – Planning
Brief 2. Using props This option is about photographing an object to suggest a narrative. Choose between a white shirt and a handkerchief for your object. Once you’ve decided; make a series of 7–10 photographs which tell a story about or including your object. You can make your photographic style anything you like. You may…
Assignment Two: Narrative – Research
Since starting part 2 I have, at times been confused by some of the terms used and although I realised that a photo essay could be many things after finding a really useful piece in the book Context and Narrative which states “In simple terms, a narrative generally consists of a beginning, middle and end. However a…
Assignment Two:Narrative – Submission
Brief Choose between the following two assignments: 1. Photographing the unseen Start by doing some reflecting in your learning log. What kinds of subjects might be seen as unphotographable? How might you go about portraying them using photography? List a few examples of things you’re experiencing now or have recently been thinking about. This doesn’t…
Research Task: Relay
Examples of relay in contemporary photographic practice include Sophie Calle’s Take Care of Yourself and Sophy Rickett’s Objects in the Field (see interview in the Appendix to this course guide) where clashes of understanding or interpretation work together to create a perhaps incomplete but nonetheless enriching dialogue between artist and viewer. Look these pieces up…
Exercise 3: Poetry Interpretation
Choose a poem that resonates with you then interpret it through photographs. Don’t attempt to describe the poem but instead give a sense of the feeling of the poem and the essence it exudes. Start by reading the poem a few times (perhaps aloud) and making a note of the feelings and ideas it promotes,…
Exercise 1: The Dad Project
Brief How does Briony Campbells The Dad Project compare with Country Doctor What do you think she means by “an ending without and ending”? The Country Doctor is a series which takes a look into the life of a country doctor; ……..photographer W. Eugene Smith spent 23 days in Kremmling, Colo., chronicling the day-to-day challenges…
Exercise 2: Newspaper Analysis
Brief Cut out some pictures from a newspaper and write your own captions. How do the words next to the image contextualise/re-contextualiseit? How many meanings can you give to the same picture Try the same exercise for both anchoring and relaying. Blog about it Original images and captions: When I was coming up with some…
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