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Week 5 Reflection

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Power and Responsibility

“Within most areas of photography, there exists a kind of moral ‘triangle’, which expresses the interconnected relationship between the ‘subject’ of the image, its ‘audience’, and of course the photographer, ‘image maker’, or perhaps more broadly, the ‘author’. This is broadly in line with Susan Bright’s “triangle of the relationship between the sitter, photographer and spectator” in relation to portrait photography. See: Bright, S. (2005) Art Photography Now.

Week 5 Power & Responsibility

Corin 01/03/2018 214 views 0 Comment

 

In response to the following article regarding photojournalist Jeff Mitchell’s image of refugees crossing from Croatia to Slovenia in October 2015, which was used controversially by the UK Independent Party during the 2016 referendum campaign to leave the European Union.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jun/22/jeff-mitchells-best-shot-the-column-of-marching-refugees-used-in-ukips-brexit-campaign (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.


“A picture is worth 1,000 words.” Herein lies the debate.

Michael Cook – through my eyes

Corin 01/03/2018 228 views 0 Comment

https://www.michaelcook.net.au/projects/through-my-eyes

The series asks the viewer to rethink the way they view history. We are asked to see these significant Australian faces through someone else’s perspective, through Aboriginal eyes.

By overlaying Aboriginal faces, with focus on the eyes, the viewer is asked to consider history with a better understanding of its meaning.

http://artguide.com.au/michael-cook-talks-about-staging-an-indigenous-invasion-of-london

60’s
B-grade movie aesthetic
Alien invasion
lazer girls
prolific sci movie &

Week 4 Collaboration

Corin 18/02/2018 189 views 0 Comment

Week 4 Activity: Micro Project

The Journey

Collaboration withRob Jones, Howard Pratt & Mick Yates

Read the input from us all here Week 4 – TheJourneyComplete-Collaboration

My Part of the Micro Project:
The start of this journey was with a Henry Miller quote: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Reflecting on ‘The Journey’ as a subject for collaboration it was necessary to step out of my own rhythm &

Week 3 – Re-thinking Photographers

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What do non-photographers make of professional photographers: what are the conceptions and misconceptions?

Only yesterday I was approached regarding photographing an event by a group that I have been involved in doing volunteer work, (non-photography media related work) for over 5 years. My first reaction was cringe – this group does not generally value this service, they marvel at the results but they won’t pay when anyone with any camera,

Week 2 Other than Photography

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This weeks forum was about looking at our own practice away from the photography genre to the wider visual arts & beyond & how our own work may be consumed or considered for use.

While there was no one style or one person/artist that springs to mind in terms of what ‘talks to me as art’ I decided to look at film videography.
As discussed in this weeks presentation it can be argued that film represents the past in that it represents the instant of the timeline it was filmed in but film can also carry you away in a swirl of emotion,