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Book or Wall? Exhibiting Photography and Collage

Dutch photography critic Ralph Prins (1969) describes the photo book as ‘An autonomous art form, comparable with a piece of … More

art, art history, artist book, collage, colour, contemporary photography, everyday, exhibition, gerry badger, gossage, martin parr, photo books, photobook, photographic history, photographic theory, photography, project, ralph prins, Visual Arts

Only in England/The day I met Martin Parr

Continuing with the theme of my last post, this entry focuses primarily on a photographer who has provided me with … More

70s, art, black and white, documentary, everyday, exhibition, Martin, martin parr, national media museum, non-conformists, photographer, photography, Susie Parr, tony ray-jones

Hannah Hoch- Whitechapel Gallery, London

Hannah Hoch has always been a reoccurring and inspiring figure in my artistic research. First discovered aged 15, she has … More

abstract, art, artist, assemblage, berlin, collage, Dada, exhibition, germany, hannah hoch, review, surrealist, weimar period, whitechapel

Ways of Remembering

Berger (1978) begins his essay Ways of Remembering by examining what was before photography. He concludes his examination with the … More

art, artist, Arts, camerawork, collage, contemporary photography, everyday, john berger, observations, photographic theory, photography, Visual Arts

Camera Work

In the introduction to The Camerawork Essays (1997), an article from the magazine written by Susan Sontag (1974) is quoted: … More

art, artist, camerawork, capitalism, collage, contemporary photography, jessica evans, john berger, photographic theory, photography, Susan Sontag, Visual Arts

RIP Pat Butcher, Forever in our hearts.

I, in turn do not blame Mel Gibson and his films for all the hurt and despair in the world, … More

art, barthes, everyday, Mel Gibson, pat butcher, Patricia Louise Evans , photography, richard flood, Roland Barthes, unmonumental, visual culture

Studio vs Lab

Studio vs Lab During a recent examination of Henk Borgdoff’s ‘The Production of Knowledge in Artistic Research’ I discovered some … More

art, borgdorff, Darkroom, photography, production of knowledge, research, studio

Photograph as a process, process as a photograph

During my practice module last year, I identified a theme of interacting with existing visual culture through collage. Initially influenced … More

collage, david campany, found imagery, image, memory, photography

Paul Salveson

  I have recently been introduced to the work of Paul Salveson. His simple compositions of domestic environments are fresh … More

art, domestic, Paul Salveson, photography

Revisiting old friends

With my practice taking a somewhat backwards  (circular, maybe?) turn towards the processes and fundamentals of photography and image, I … More

Arts, Camera Lucida, Darkroom, photography, Roland Barthes, Social Sciences, Susan Sontag, theoretical texts, Victor Burgin

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