PHO702: Critical Review
PHO702 Critical Review of Practice
PHO702 Critical Review of Practice assignment.
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Course module for Falmouth Flexible Masters Photography Course PHO702
PHO702: Critical Review
Artist: Penelope Umbrico
The artist Penelope Umbrico is a prolific practitioner with a large catalogue of work presented on her site. Her use of appropriation of other peoples images for me is one of the things that stands out about her work. Displayed below in figure 1 is a collection of sunset images Read more…
PHO702: Critical Research Journal
Artist: Roger Newton
Roger Newton is an artist whose work clearly resonates with me, with his production of large non-representational abstract images and utilisation of pinhole cameras. He is well known for creating non-glass lenses to refract and reflect light to manipulate his images. Newton, in his artist statement, says that “by designing Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Virtual Gallery Exhibition Opens
Or enter the academy. Informed contexts lead one to the critical review of practice. Part of the Critical review is the position of your practice. In this, I have understood that my body of work would not sit in a zine or book as that would never do justice to Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)
Exploring methods for producing abstract images has highlighted Intentional Camera Movement or ICM as a very popular method for producing images. Fundamentally the camera is moved during exposure to create an effect on the image. The speed and direction of movement along with subject can create images that are mildly Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Week Ten: Work In Progress
I have used some of these images in conversations in webinars and presentations and even released them as work in progress to some social media channels. I realised that I had not actually placed them into my CRJ. This is a blending of the abstract work and exploration of images Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Quick Thought: Intent (Week 10 Seminar)
One aspect that is troubling is the Intent. Following the video presentation and the comments I feel that this is one area that I need to direct effort into for the Critical Review of Practice. I feel that the current intent is misunderstood and could not be delivered as an Read more…
PHO702: Critical Review
Artist: Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans makes a strong point when it comes to abstraction “The initial question everybody asks when confronted with a photograph is who is it, when was it made, how is it made, and when you’re confronted with a painting you don’t ask that. I mean, why can’t it be Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Multiple Exposure as Abstract
Multiple exposure is one technique of many used in abstract photography. Multiple exposures are used in many other practices for many types of aesthetics so is not exclusive. When it comes to multiple exposures used in abstraction it can be used to combine images to create the whole or be Read more…
PHO702: Informing Contexts
Soap Bubble Photography
Soap bubbles, the childhood pastime. From as far back as many people can remember we have all encountered soap bubbles and marvelled at the beautiful colours swirling around in the thin layer. With the intent to capture the vivid colours that are seen and bring so much joy and wonderment. Read more…