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The theme set for these two weeks of studies was ‘Criticality’. During these two weeks we were thus asked to conduct extensive research on work by practitioners whose work we felt aligned closely to our own current work and also to look up theory that might help embed our own current work in a theoretical…
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The theme set for these two weeks of studies was ‘Contexts and Audience’ and in this post I will reflect on the popular view that holds that a photograph accrues meaning through its interaction with an audience and via its embedding within that matrix that is so frequently invoked, yet is still shrouded in so…
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In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni The theme for these two weeks of studies was ‘Methods & Strategies’, and the set activity consisted in partnering up with other peers and each commissioning from the other a micro project set to a short brief. I partnered up with three peers and the group settled on…
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Masquerade! Paper faces on parade…Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you!Masquerade! Every face a different shade…Masquerade! Look around – there’s another mask behind you! – Hart and Stilgoe (1986) This week’s theme was ‘Power and Responsibilities’ and one of the set activities consisted in reflecting on an image by photographer Jeff…
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The dark night of the soul This week’s theme was ‘Collaboration’ and the weekly activity consisted in partnering up with one or two colleagues and entering into a creative partnership with the aim of creating a mini-project that was to be then discussed and reviewed during our weekly webinar. To help find the right partner,…
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Looking back through the viewfinder In this, the third post related to my studies, I will ponder on the theme set for this week, which was ‘Rethinking Photographers’. This is an unusual theme to grapple with seeing that we are rarely asked or even accustomed to turn a questioning finger towards the photographer herself/himself. So…
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to be or not to be… and then to be The theme set for this week of studies was ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches’. In this, the second post related to my studies at Falmouth, I would like to reflect on the terms studium and punctum as presented by Roland Barthes in his book ‘Camera Lucida’ and attempt…
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….and so I fashion myself in my image… Studies have commenced with a bang! My first module is titled Positions and Practice, and this, my first blog post related to my studies at Falmouth University, will revolve around the theme set for the first week of this module, which was ‘The Global Image’. Much has…
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