Journal

Week 1 Strategies of Looking

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New module start Monday 4 June 2018 – arghhh… no content access…

Mick shared in whats App group this below from Garys Tuesday office hours:
In conversation with Gary, he noted:

  • The main thrust of this module is to clearly shape and describe the ‘how’ we practice photography, illustrated by our Work in Progress (shot this module).
  • That said, re-photography by definition includes prior work. So using that in some useful and describable way in creating new work is valid.

An Urban Dérive

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Micro Project: An Urban Dérive – Overground on the London Underground – click ‘read more’ above to view. Micro Project outline: In pairs set a short creative brief taking inspiration from this weeks topics.
I paired with Howard Pratt his brief was as follows:
Micro project with a two hour limit. Using the psychogeography/derive and the London Underground map, choose a local station and follow on foot the route to the next three stations along the same line.

Week 7: Reflection

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Spend a few moments looking back at your contributions on this week’s forums, and those of your peers, as well as your notes from the presentations, further reading and other independent research.

Consider the concepts and ideas discussed:

  • What has challenged you?
  • What has surprised you?
  • What do you feel you have learned?

Write a reflective account of the Peer Commissioned Micro Project.

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Week 7 Forum: Faux Pas

Post an image to the forum that you think is an example of a good use of a photographic faux pas or ‘mistake’. That is; despite (or perhaps in spite) of its apparent failure, you think it is actually creative or interesting. This could be your own image, or anyone else’s. Write a sentence or two explaining how it breaks rules in photography,