Experimentation: Initially, my project focused on minimal space. I wanted to create an eerie atmosphere through my images and focused on abandoned sheds around our house and farm. I used a black and white edit on my images as I felt that this made them more uncertain and added more character to the images. The…Continue Reading Photography initial Ideas and experimentation: AAD012: Main workshop
Photography Research: AAD012: Main Workshop
Subject Research: the intricacy of handmade creations Mankind have been utilising wood for centuries, making sheds, houses and fences. Craftsmanship is an intricate, poetical practice, requiring patience and skill. Although history has no evidence of when the first tree house was built, they can be traced back to the ancient civilization, more than 40000 years…Continue Reading Photography Research: AAD012: Main Workshop
Photography Final work: AAD012: Main Workshop
Hand and Nail The work of my Father By Megan Hughes Hand and nail This project explores the relationship between hand and nail; meaning how my father used his own hands to not only create a tree-house, but to also create my childhood memories. In my project, I focus on the intimate details of…Continue Reading Photography Final work: AAD012: Main Workshop
Photography Initial ideas & Experimentation: Portrait task
Initial Ideas: When considering the concept of a self portrait, I first wanted to consider the elements of identity. What makes me, me? I started by brainstorming words that I associated with ‘self portrait’ and ‘identity’. This included words like self expression, insecurities, relationships, self recognition and self isolation. From these list of words, I…Continue Reading Photography Initial ideas & Experimentation: Portrait task
Photography Artist Research: Portrait task
Francesca Woodman: Francesca Woodman was an American photographer known for her black-and-white self portraits. Unfortunately, her career ended when she was 22 due to her death, however, she had produced over 800 untitled prints. Influenced by surrealism and conceptual art, her work often portrayed recurring symbolic motifs such as mirrors, birds and skulls. Woodman…Continue Reading Photography Artist Research: Portrait task
Photography: myself in objects & research
Objects reflecting who I am: Photography Research: André Kertész André Kertész was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his ground breaking contributions to photographic composition. Kertész pursued photography independently and his early work was published primarily in magazines which was a major market in the 1900s when he worked. A piece that I found…Continue Reading Photography: myself in objects & research
Photography: Research
Guy Martin Guy Martin is a photographer who graduated with a BA(HONS) in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales. Since then, he has been a member of Panos Pictures and initially began to document the revolutions sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa. From 2012 onwards, he has travelled the world capturing powerful…Continue Reading Photography: Research
Photography: photobook
“Distorted Dreams” For this task, we were given the brief to create a photobook exploring objects that are often overlooked, and find the beauty in them. We were told to cerate a “poetic vision like a dream” and convey similes and metaphors within our images. I really enjoyed this task and the creativity it…Continue Reading Photography: photobook