Olivia Arthur
Olivia Arthur: Exploring Women’s Lives in Saudi Arabia Olivia Arthur is a British photographer who, at a young age, became one of the youngest members of Magnum Photos, one of the most prestigious photography agencies in the world. Her work is known for its sensitivity, depth, and the way it engages with complex social and […]
Alex Soth
Alex Soth “Everyone can take great pictures. What’s hard is taking a collection of great pictures and making them work together. It’s like language: everyone can speak, but putting the words together is the real challenge.” — Alex Soth Alex Soth is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary American photographers. In preparation for […]
The Rhubarb Triangle by Martin Parr
The Rhubarb Triangle by Martin Parr The Hepworth Gallery, February 2016 During a brief visit back home to Leeds over the Chinese New Year period, I had the opportunity to visit Martin Parr’s latest exhibition at the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield. The project, The Rhubarb Triangle, explores the unique agricultural area in West Yorkshire known […]
Photo essay – Eternal Floating Star by Shelby Tai
While researching the Star Ferry I can across this beautiful short photo essay my a Hong Kong Student; I think it covers a lot of how I feel about the ferry, although my lack of Cantonese doesn’t allow me to interact with sailor easily. I believe she has picked up on the peace of the […]
Star Ferry Images
Shooting the star ferry in detail, the logical place to start is a Google search of images for the Star Ferry. Unsurprisingly this returns a selection of fairly standard pictures of the ferries again the Hong Kong skyline. Although, I will want to include a similar image to add to the context of the set but […]
A5 EYV Initial thoughts
Assignment 5 Preparation #1 Assignment 5 calls for “a series of 10 photographs of any subject of your choosing. Each photograph must be a unique view of the same subject; in other words, it must contain some ‘new information’ rather than repeat the information of the previous image.” My initial reaction to this is a […]