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 […]
Ex 5.1 EYV – Using your camera as a measuring device.
Exercise 5.1 – Using your camera as a measuring device. Use your camera as a measuring device. This doesn’t refer to the distance scale on the focus ring(!). Rather, find a subject that you have an empathy with and take a sequence of shots to ‘explore the distance between you’. Add the sequence to your […]
Homage to Steve McCurry or perhaps just National Geographic
Homage to National Geographic The course notes encouraged us to reflect on our back catalogue, where we have paid homage to photographers who have inspired us. For me, the photographers of National Geographic have long been a source of fascination and admiration. Their ability to document the extraordinary and the everyday with equal weight, while […]