Portrait

Final Major Project Posts
  • Week Twelve Reflections … ish September 2, 2019
    The wedding went well. it was a lovely, relaxed affair at a  very pretty church – the oldest in Bath by all accounts. Simon and ...
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  • Stereotypes and Navajo August 9, 2019
    Photography’s Other Histories, edited by Christopher Pinney and Nicolas Peterson, is a well-researched work covering a lot of ground on two broad issues – the ...
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Informing Contexts Posts
  • Susan Sontag – Quotes from ‘On Photography’ April 10, 2019
    Quite frankly, I am not a fan of Susan Sontag. I find her work lacking in academic rigour, and very prone to deeply personal judgment ...
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  • John Berger – Notes April 10, 2019
    Chapter 1 .. seeing ‘Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognises before it can speak’. (pg. 7). ‘The way we see things is affected by ...
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  • Sebastião Salgado March 19, 2019
    A couple of years ago, the PhotoBath collective, of which I am a member, mounted a successful exhibition of Sebastião Salgado’s work. It featured 8 ...
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  • Webinar February 22, 2019
    It was an interesting webinar yesterday with Michelle. Clive, Vincent and Peng were in the group. I shared two (early) sets of work from this trip. ...
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  • Week Three Reflections February 17, 2019
    As I write this, I am on Day 3 of a two week Cambodia trip, so most of my thought processes are focused on the ...
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Positions & Practice Posts
  • Joseph Wright of Derby February 7, 2018
    Several of my fellow students have noted painters such as Caravaggio and Rembrandt as inspirations, with their mastery of both light and compositions, delivering works ...
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Surfaces & Strategies Posts
  • RPS Presentation August 31, 2018
    I have been invited to give a talk to the Western Region of the Royal Photographic Society, next Sunday (September 9th). They have advertised it to ...
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  • Workshop in Bath August 19, 2018
    It was a very successful workshop with the Frome Camera Club this afternoon, in Bath. 18 people attended, on ‘Street Candid Portraits‘, and the feedback ...
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  • Intimacy August 16, 2018
    ‘… all good photographers have a deep commitment to, and involvement with, their subjects, and through photography they are communicating their understanding and passion to ...
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  • Street Portrait Workshop – August 19th August 11, 2018
    As I already noted, I am conducting a ‘Street Portrait’ workshop in Bath next weekend. So far 12 people have signed up. Workshop background is here. In ...
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  • Workshop August 5, 2018
    I will be doing a Workshop on ‘street portraits’ in Bath on Sunday, August 19th, for the Frome Wessex Camera Club. So far, 10 people ...
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  • Week Seven Reflections – My Practice July 21, 2018
    This week my reflections are about my practice, after a multi day event/documentary gig in London. Whilst I have shot events before, this week’s project was ...
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  • Street Portraiture July 10, 2018
    For the first time I joined up with the Frome Wessex Camera Club, for a walk around town, guided by David Chedgy. I admit I ...
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  • Street Portraits June 26, 2018
    This past weekend there was a major protest march in London – The People’s Vote March. I was there, for myself and as photographer for ...
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  • Ghosts, Traces & Stories June 9, 2018
    I am looking for ways to tell today’s story whilst also bringing yesterday’s in front of the viewer. Anyone who has visited a Genocide Museum, anywhere ...
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Sustainable Prospects Posts