Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Exeter Museum
I love clever modelling, so this little gem facinated me, it's a model of Exeter in the RAMMM it's amazing!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Michelle Sank
At Falmouth University, we have the bonus of being lectured to and have access to some fine photographers. I feel very lucky indeed as my main contact is the marvelous Michelle Sank, whose work I followed before I went to Uni. I love her style of portrait, she manages to bring out something special in all of her subjects. Here is a review an a few images from the independent.
The South African photographer Michelle Sank has been based in England since 1987 and this is the latest in a series of book-length studies assembled with the objective eye of an outsider.
Previous subjects are Belfast, Wolverhampton, Cork and San Francisco. But The Submerged is about the people and places in mid-Wales; a portrait of the coastal and hilly areas surrounding Aberystwyth.
This isolated landscape at the end of a railway line, on the western edge of the principality, is somehow highly appropriate to Sank's work which exists in a hinterland between landscape photography, portraiture and social documentary. "Sociological landscapes", she calls them; pictures about how people are products of their environment.
The subjects of The Submerged are generally pictured in the middle distance, informally posed, often under heavy, grey skies. There is some laughter in the book, and frequent splashes of colour, but the people tend to look serious or forlorn.
In an accompanying essay entitled "Potent Portraits", Liz Wells considers Sank's evocative, "ordinary yet compulsive" pictures in terms of their narrative content. "What brought the middle-aged woman in the yellow shalwar kameez ... to this part of the country? Why is one boy leaping over tufts of grass?" These mysteries are a part of the pleasure of The Submerged.
The Submerged:" My practice is concerned with the notion of encountering, collecting, and re-telling. I am interested in creating sociological landscapes, interplays of human form and location that are significant in their visual, sociological and psychological nuances."
The South African photographer Michelle Sank has been based in England since 1987 and this is the latest in a series of book-length studies assembled with the objective eye of an outsider.
Previous subjects are Belfast, Wolverhampton, Cork and San Francisco. But The Submerged is about the people and places in mid-Wales; a portrait of the coastal and hilly areas surrounding Aberystwyth.
This isolated landscape at the end of a railway line, on the western edge of the principality, is somehow highly appropriate to Sank's work which exists in a hinterland between landscape photography, portraiture and social documentary. "Sociological landscapes", she calls them; pictures about how people are products of their environment.
The subjects of The Submerged are generally pictured in the middle distance, informally posed, often under heavy, grey skies. There is some laughter in the book, and frequent splashes of colour, but the people tend to look serious or forlorn.
In an accompanying essay entitled "Potent Portraits", Liz Wells considers Sank's evocative, "ordinary yet compulsive" pictures in terms of their narrative content. "What brought the middle-aged woman in the yellow shalwar kameez ... to this part of the country? Why is one boy leaping over tufts of grass?" These mysteries are a part of the pleasure of The Submerged.
The Submerged:" My practice is concerned with the notion of encountering, collecting, and re-telling. I am interested in creating sociological landscapes, interplays of human form and location that are significant in their visual, sociological and psychological nuances."
Sorry all!
Must apoligise for lack of blogging, I've been up to my eyes in work and getting things ready for assessment at Uni! Normal servive will soon be resumed and I will be posting lots of new work to keep my readers happy, in the mean time here are some rather marvellous images by Anja Steigler!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
A Homage to David Bailey (Who isn't dead)
My 1st post of 2012 and a very happy new year to you all. Here is my tribute to one of my favourite photographers David Bailey.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Merry Christmas
Here we are again, wooooosh that was quick. I just want to say Happy Christmas to everyone i've worked with and most of all all of you who visit my blog. Thank you and here's to 2012 xx
Monday, December 19, 2011
Bye bye my friend
This weekend was one of the saddest, as I had to say goodbye to another one of my friends, his name was Jigsaw and yes he was a horse. What can I say about him. He wasn't smart and challenged every road marking like it was a snake. He never understood the bit, and even when he wore a bitless bridle he still tried to spit the bit out. He jumped puddles just in case of crocodiles! He never ran anywhere, everything Jiggy did was at his pace.
But one thing Jiggy did have was a massive heart, he loved people and would follow us to the ends of the earth. Rebecca did so much work with him when he was young, but still he only understood following!! He was very talkative, we could stand on the lane and make a Winnie sound and he would always call back, before coming to greet you at the gate. he's had children on his bare back while he strolled around eating (which was another of his loves, yep Jiggy loved to eat at every opportunity), and he would move slowly so the child never fell off. He will be missed so much and we all hope he's reunited with his mum in horsey heaven.
Bye bye to our dear friend XXX
But one thing Jiggy did have was a massive heart, he loved people and would follow us to the ends of the earth. Rebecca did so much work with him when he was young, but still he only understood following!! He was very talkative, we could stand on the lane and make a Winnie sound and he would always call back, before coming to greet you at the gate. he's had children on his bare back while he strolled around eating (which was another of his loves, yep Jiggy loved to eat at every opportunity), and he would move slowly so the child never fell off. He will be missed so much and we all hope he's reunited with his mum in horsey heaven.
Bye bye to our dear friend XXX
