Exercise 3.1 Self Portrait Not long after the invention of photography, came the inevitable self portrait, taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius. As much as self-portraiture has been a hallmark of painters throughout art history, photographers have continued this tradition. As humans, our face and body have incredible storytelling capabilities, so it makes sense that many …
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Dora Maar Study Visit It is a pretty familiar story, female artist deleted from history, and it’s the one that, broadly speaking, underpins this show at Tate Modern. Dora Maar (1907-1997) was a female artist footnoted by history thanks to her gender and her relationship with Pablo Picasso. But the most interesting thing to emerge …
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Assignment one Two Sides of the Same Coin On 23rd June 2016, the Nation finally settled the question that had been rumbling under the surface of British politics for generations. Should we remain in the European Union or leave and end the 40 year relationship to go it alone? Of the 52% of the public who …
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Research Point Sectarian Murders This looks into Paul Seawright’s 1988 body of work, which was originally released with no formal name. It has since commonly been referred to as Sectarian Murders. The work blurs the lines between documentary and art, is it still art? The work is ambiguous enough to intrigue the viewer into deeper …
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Assignment Two Props The brief for assignment two seems simple at first glance, choose a prop and create a set of images relating to it. Once I’d chosen the “White Shirt” category I originally started to storyboard an idea of “a day in the life of a white shirt”, from washing machine to wash basket …
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Assignment 3 Diary Entry “Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me” wrote Anne Frank, this is not the easiest for me either, I am not the most articulate of writers at the best of times. Picasso said “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary”. I feel the same way about …
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Assignment Five
This assignment is the accumulation of the Context and Narrative module, we have covered a varied workload in this module, it has been enjoyable and challenging. I have been lucky in the fact that the work on this module has, completely by fate, coincided with a very significant life experience. It only seems right that …
Assignment Four
For this assignment I have chosen, Napalm Girl by Nick Ut. This image, as powerful as it is, also has a personal attachment for me on different levels, firstly, I am in the military, this image is a stark reminder of atrocities that can happen in war. Secondly, this image was used in my photography …
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Read and reflect upon the chapter on Diane Arbus in Singular Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs by Sophie Howarth (2005, London: Tate Publishing). For this research point, we had to read Sophie Howarth’s deconstruction of Diane Arbus’s Brooklyn Family image. What first struck me was the almost, forensic analysis of the image. Everything is up …
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