Work in Progress – I missed my Mother

mickyates Aftermath, Cambodia, Coursework, Critical Research Journal, Documentary, Genocide, Ideas, Landscape, Photography, Project Development, SSWeek11, SurfacesStrategies, Traces, Unfinished Stories, Work in Progress 6 Comments

I have completed the S&S WIP selection. Posts have already been written which explain my rational on intimacy, landscape and negative traces. Some of my fellow students have expressed (positive) surprise that this work is a departure from what they have come to expect from me so far in the course. Fortunately, the comments have been generally encouraging. Yas Crawford …

Intimacy

mickyates Art, ContextualResearch, Critical Research Journal, Documentary, Environmental, Expressionism, Ideas, Impressionism, Landscape, Narrative, Photography, Portrait, SSWeek11, SurfacesStrategies, Traces 14 Comments

‘… all good photographers have a deep commitment to, and involvement with, their subjects, and through photography they are communicating their understanding and passion to others.’ Bill Jay, Occam’s Razor, 1992, pg 18 I wrote a piece on ‘preciousness‘ in art and photography a couple of weeks ago. Now, I want to address something even more important to my future …