- Final Major Project – Grades – Where To, Now? January 15, 2020
Well, it’s all over!
My overall grade for the Final major Project module was 72.9% – my best yet. Encouragingly, the results against the Learning Objectives ...
Read more... - Week Twenty Four Reflections December 13, 2019
The opening paragraphs of my Critical Review of Practice noted:
In most of my photographic career, I have recorded what was in front of me, usually ...
Read more... - Reflections on Paradox – Curation December 11, 2019
‘Beautiful, simply powerful, thought-provoking, the words and pictures go together so well, courageous‘.
These are some of the words written in the visitor’s book after the ...
Read more... - Week Eighteen Reflections November 11, 2019
Most of the planning for the upcoming exhibition is done. And, as the book is now being printed for real, nothing I can do there. ...
Read more... - Week Seventeen Reflections – Cromarty November 3, 2019
My main reflection this week is the importance of my cohort, Cromarty. Some of us have become very good friends, always supportive yet also quick ...
Read more... - Week Sixteen Reflections October 27, 2019
Today is Deepavali / Diwali, the traditional festival of light, when there is victory over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance, and a most ...
Read more... - Week Fifteen Reflections October 21, 2019
It has been a pretty heavy week, planning the BRLSI show, starting to write about my practice (and how I got to the FMP work). ...
Read more... - Week Fourteen Reflections – video and subtitles October 14, 2019
In the short video of Sarath narrating his story about going to meet his Mother, I use what is called the ‘UN Style’ of voiceover ...
Read more... - Week Thirteen Reflections – a photograph is ‘and’ not ‘or’ October 9, 2019
I want to pull a particular point out of some of my research on ‘atrocity’ images. That is, that a photograph always have a multiplicity ...
Read more... - 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 ...
Read more... - Week Eleven Reflections August 19, 2019
I spent a great deal of time working through the book this past week, and in particular making sure the Cambodian History was accurate and ...
Read more... - Week Ten Reflections August 13, 2019
It is the ‘final’ push on the Book at the moment – Vicky is hoping to get the file updated this weekend.
I am still awaiting ...
Read more... - Week Nine Reflections – Frome Festival August 5, 2019
Small wins – but I noted before how much I enjoyed shooting the Frome Festival events. It is a little late, but I wanted to ...
Read more... - Week Eight Reflections July 28, 2019
This was our first visit to Rencontres d’Arles, and it will not be the last. A terrific experience. The venues and presentation puts Paris Photo, ...
Read more... - Week Seven Reflections July 23, 2019
Belated reflection, as we are enjoying a family holiday then a trip to Rencontres d’Arles to meet the Falmouth group.
For many reasons, the Netherlands has ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections July 14, 2019
It has been a busy week.
First, I have made some progress on the book editing, with a final story from Sarath. Vicky has also made ...
Read more... - Week Five Reflections – What I Love to Do July 7, 2019
Events, getting mixed in with people, getting close, trying to capture the atmosphere. That is my reflection this week.
The local camera group have been asked ...
Read more... - Week Four Reflections July 1, 2019
I would be the first to admit that I went through a bit of a lull starting the FMP. It was not about the (big, ...
Read more... - Week Three Reflections June 24, 2019
The week was focused on two things – getting the Final Major Project proposal finished, and working on the book content and timetable.
Working through the ...
Read more... - Week Two Reflections June 16, 2019
I have separately written on the Lewis Bush Storytelling Workshop, which was really helpful, so I’ll just note a couple of other reflections on a ...
Read more... - FMP Week One Reflections June 9, 2019
Well, here we go. the end of the first week of Final Major Project, although (based on my CRJ writings), it does seem to have ...
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- Informing Contexts – Grades – Where To, Now? May 31, 2019
I have just received the grades for Informing Contexts – 69% overall, pretty much in line with Sustainable Prospects, Surfaces & Strategies and Positions and ...
Read more... - Week Twelve Reflections – Gilbert Ryle April 29, 2019
My practice has changed, and my understanding of photography has deepened. So, a good end to Informing Contexts. As this is also the end of ...
Read more... - Week Eleven Reflections – Pictures at an Exhibition April 14, 2019
The past couple of weeks have been full of gallery visits – Don McCullin, Vincent Van Gogh and Diane Arbus. Dave Heath was at the ...
Read more... - Week Ten Reflections April 7, 2019
Several days were taken up ‘looking’ at art and photography, this past week. I separately posted about the McCullin show – just brilliant. I won’t ...
Read more... - Week Nine Reflections – The Two Headed Monster March 31, 2019
There has always been at least two Micks.
There is the artist, the poet, the dreamer. And there is the logician, the business-person, the practical problem solver.
Where ...
Read more... - Week Eight Reflections March 25, 2019
There is much to be said for clearing the cobwebs from the mind. There is even more to be said for getting away from the ...
Read more... - Week Seven Reflections – Webinar with Michelle March 16, 2019
In the critical reviews at the F2F, Michelle made several comments on the work I presented.
On the colour work, she noticed some potential typologies – ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections March 12, 2019
The Face-to-Face was, of course, both the highlight and the majority of the week.
I really enjoyed the event – ‘The Living Image‘ content, group critiques, ...
Read more... - Week Five Reflections March 3, 2019
I have two kinds of reflections this week. First, what happened on the last days of my Cambodian trip. And, second, where I stand with ...
Read more... - Week Four Reflections February 27, 2019
This is a rather delayed post on last week’s reflections, as it has been a busy (thankfully, productive) trip, so these comments are in the ...
Read more... - 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 ...
Read more... - Week Two Reflections February 10, 2019
Whilst I am enjoying the research and writing, I admit to an increasing unease with some of the academic theories of photography. Hence my posts ...
Read more... - IC Week One Reflections February 2, 2019
It has been a good start to the new module, with a good range of intellectual content, and helpful first online discussions with Michelle and ...
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- Positions & Practice Reflections – Grades – Where To, Now? May 26, 2018
Well, the grades are in for the Project Proposal and the Work in Progress portfolio. I think it’s fair to say that I have mixed ...
Read more... - Week Eleven Reflections April 29, 2018
I think this week I had a creative breakthrough. As noted before, I am interested in ‘traces’, aftermath photography. Sophie Ristelhueber‘s work comes to mind.
And ...
Read more... - Week Ten Reflections April 22, 2018
Well, back at it with a vengeance. This week has mainly been about getting the P&P Proposal started, although more detail on how to do ...
Read more... - Week Nine Reflections April 13, 2018
Very interesting discussion on my self-critique and my recent work in today’s webinar. Thank you Gary, Danny, Ashley, Emma & Howard.
Not going to go into ...
Read more... - Week Eight Reflections March 25, 2018
Now, where to start.
With the positives! I got some great ideas on presenting my work this week, mainly from Danny, who, with his own work, ...
Read more... - Week Seven Reflections – Peer Challenge March 21, 2018
There were two main activities this week.
First, I was challenged by Danny North to talk to 4 strangers, get some of their ‘story’, and then ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections – Draft Oral Presentation March 11, 2018
This week, some very simple reflections, as the focus was on getting a draft Oral Presentation done.
To say it was a scramble was an understatement. ...
Read more... - Week Five Reflections – Phnom Penh March 6, 2018
This week most of the reflection must be about Cambodia, scoping for my project.
I arrived on Thursday 1st, and leaving today, the 6th. A truly ...
Read more... - Week Four Reflections – Collaboration February 24, 2018
It was huge fun to collaborate with Corin Rossouw, Howard Pratt and Rob Jones, on a short multimedia project, ‘The Journey‘.
The project forced me to ...
Read more... - Week Three Reflections February 21, 2018
What a great week, spilling over into week four, and dominated by the Falmouth Face to Face.
I’ll try to break my (over loaded) thoughts into ...
Read more... - Week Two Reflections February 10, 2018
Four overall thoughts:
It’s all totally fascinating
I am reading and writing too much, and need to get out and shoot more
Really enjoying the interaction with my ...
Read more... - P&P Week One Reflections February 2, 2018
Exhilarated. Really excited to be part of an academically strong, creatively challenging program – great faculty, and very talented students.
One of my goals in joining ...
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- Surfaces & Strategies Reflections – Grades – Where To, Now? September 20, 2018
Just got the Surfaces & Strategies results – and although the overall result (70.6%) is remarkably consistent with Positions & Practice (70.8%), the internals are ...
Read more... - Week Eleven & Twelve Reflections August 20, 2018
Bill Jay, in Occam’s Razor, 1992, wrote:
‘… all good photographers have a deep commitment to, and involvement with, their subjects, and through photography they are ...
Read more... - Week Ten Reflections – Landscape, Context and WIP August 12, 2018
My reflections this week are about my photographic approach to ‘aftermath’.
Christian Schwager, a Swiss photographer, made a series My Lovely Bosnia (2003 – 2005), around the still-present ...
Read more... - Week Nine reflections – Cambodian Narrative August 4, 2018
It was a very busy but productive time in Cambodia.
My reflections this week (partly whilst sitting on the plane home) are about clarifying the narrative. ...
Read more... - Week Eight Reflections – Cambodia – My Practice July 29, 2018
Another intense week.
I left London on Saturday morning, having completed a 4 day, full-on shoot with Andrew Mlangeni. I arrived in Phnom Penh on Sunday ...
Read more... - 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 ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections July 15, 2018
A weeks of Brexit shenanigans (again), Trump and Football.
Most of my refections this week I have posted as I went along – probably the highlight ...
Read more... - Week Five Reflections July 8, 2018
A really simple reflection this week. Ingrid and I met up with Simon and Neang, who run a pop-up restaurant business called Khmer Kitchen. We ...
Read more... - Week Four Reflections July 1, 2018
Let me start by answering some specific questions from the presentations of Week 4. I should note upfront that reading Vilém Flusser‘s book has really helped add ...
Read more... - Week Three Reflections June 25, 2018
For this week’s reflections, a little late, a few questions stood out.
How could your subjects be influencing you and your approach? Well, unfortunately that has been ...
Read more... - Week Two Reflections June 18, 2018
Weekly reflections – somewhat overshadowed by a long weekend, with both a trip to see my mother in hospital, a Billy Joel gig in Manchester ...
Read more... - S&S Week One Reflections June 10, 2018
I consider my photography is about storytelling (when I get things right, that is). And I call this ‘Unfinished Stories‘, because the best that any ...
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- Sustainable Prospects – Grades – Where To, Now? January 14, 2019
I have just received the grades for Sustainable Prospects – 70% overall, Distinction level, I assume, which is pretty much in line with Surfaces & ...
Read more... - Reflections at Year End December 11, 2018
On Monday, 10th December, I did a presentation at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, noted here.
It was entitled Cambodia – Unfinished Stories, A ...
Read more... - Week Twelve Reflections – Street Photography, my evolution December 9, 2018
About 5 years ago, I decided to take street photography a bit more seriously. I got involved with various groups (such as the Leica Meet), ...
Read more... - Week Eleven Reflections – Professional Location of Practice December 6, 2018
For this week’s reflections, I want to discuss my Practice, and where it is going.
Following on from the ‘Let’s Talk Business‘ and ‘Back to the Beginning ...
Read more... - Week Ten Reflections December 2, 2018
With all the focus on the Oral Presentation and the Work in Progress, it would be easy to not step back and reflect. Also, there ...
Read more... - Week Nine Reflections – Reconciliation November 23, 2018
My main reflections at the moment are about reconciliation.
First, how to I reconcile my work in Cambodia as a photographer, with that of an educator? ...
Read more... - Week Eight Reflections – Work in Progress Reviews November 17, 2018
This summarises feedback from Jesse, Wendy and Krishna on my WIP portfolio, and my project in general.
Paris (10th Nov)
As background, I introduced the project like ...
Read more... - Week Seven Reflections – Paris Photo November 14, 2018
It was the week of a Falmouth Face to Face around Paris Photo, which we combined with family time in the city. Here’s my reflections ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections – Part Two November 5, 2018
I sometimes try to separate the photographic focus of the MA, and my personal role as a ‘Cambodian Educator’, of almost twenty years standing, as ...
Read more... - Week Six Reflections – Part One November 5, 2018
These are some thoughts on week two of my Cambodia trip.
As noted last week, the main purpose is to see how much progress I can make ...
Read more... - Week Five Reflections – Cambodia October 27, 2018
The focus of the week was Cambodia. I arrived on Wednesday, from London via Singapore. From our home to the hotel takes about 22 hours. ...
Read more... - Week Four Reflections – and Photographic DNA October 20, 2018
I have done my best to fulfil the requests of the course this week, despite my misgivings. I will not dwell much on this, other ...
Read more... - Week Three Reflections October 13, 2018
Still frustrated.
On the plus side, had a really good conversation with Krishna and Isabella in the webinar this week. It was fascinating (and inspiring) to ...
Read more... - Week Two Reflections October 6, 2018
So, week two.
I found working through the mission statement useful. Writing strategies is hardly something new, as I have been doing that literally for decades. ...
Read more... - SP Week One Reflections September 29, 2018
Sarah Leen, Director of Photography, National Geographic (from ‘Why We Do it‘), said:
‘I have spent my entire professional life creating, editing, critiquing or teaching photography ...
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