Discussion arising from the image posted by myself and others proved to be a very positive experience. With the image I presented, I found that the ideas given by the peer group ranged from sand dunes to stockbroker ‘artwork’. This result did follow that the opposition, negotiated or dominance which Read more…
https://www.billarmstrongphotography.com/ Bill Armstrong has established a strong presence in the abstract workspace. The work spans decades and is represented in several galleries globally including the Hackelbury Fine Art in London. The most recent book produced is Isolation and Confinement with essays that cover various individuals either incarcerated of isolated due Read more…
For this week I feel it requires to move away from the abstract work that I have been undertaking and inject some other work that I do. Flying the drone I have had an experience where individuals have verbally challenged me for being voyeuristic and peeping tom. My position is Read more…
Post an image that your group has not seen. This image is one from a group of the image that I had not released yet as work in progress so fits within the remit. Through “virtual darkroom” experimentation or what is better known as Lightroom and this image is the Read more…
Man Ray (1890-1976) was an artist that worked in various mediums, most significantly, photography and painting were where he is best known. His practice spanned many of the well-known movements including an informal connection to both Dada and the ensuing Surrealism. Both Dada and Surrealism are considered the for-runners to Read more…
Cast your minds back. Sorry for some of you lucky ones that can’t go far enough back for my first two. When advertising was allowed to advertise. The Hamlet advert was always a winner. The message for me as an 8-year-old, with the Venus de Milo advert, 1974 was that Read more…
Within my current engagement, it is seldom that the image is objective without it being steeped in a large helping of subjectivity. The practice is not about looking through the window of the photograph but examining the photograph for its own worth. Peeling the layers and baggage that photographic practice Read more…
Thinking of the nature of photography in line with the consideration of staged or constructed I feel that it is important to be mindful of the situation you are in and be honest with your practice. If you analyse the concept of staged and constructed where do you stop? You Read more…
Is it real? and how are we receiving the image is the core of the weeks’ investigation. These two aspects play together well. There are images out in the wild that are accepted not because they are trying to impose fake images but because we have the pre-knowledge that it Read more…
There has been much thought along with this abstract progression and finding context. Many have suggested that follow the art history trail. Surrealism and abstract expressionism both leap out as possible avenues of interest however, sadly at this stage I feel that neither fit the bill to inform the practice. Read more…