- 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... - Visitor’s Comments December 20, 2019
The show is over.
Perhaps my abiding memory will be the way that visitors interacted with the work. And they left gratifying responses in the Visitors ...
Read more... - Hope December 15, 2019
Saturday December 14th was last day of Week 24, or was it the first day post MA?
Unfinished Stories: From Genocide to Hope has been running ...
Read more... - Critical Review of Practice December 12, 2019
Here is a link to my FMP Critical Review of Practice.
FMP Critical Review of Practice Final Compressed
The concluding statement is perhaps worth noting here.
‘The MA ...
Read more... - FMP Submission December 12, 2019
Here is a link to my FMP submission, meeting Falmouth University file size guidelines. This includes all of the images, video and samples of the ...
Read more... - Book Listing December 12, 2019
I am pleased to have ‘Unfinished Stories: From Genocide to Hope’ listed at Topping & Company, one of the UK’s leading independent bookstores. The book ...
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... - Installation Photos December 9, 2019
I have taken a series of installation shots, which I hope to use in future ‘marketing’ to see if I can get further shows in ...
Read more... - Opening Night December 9, 2019
The main ‘private viewing’ was Friday, 6th December, from 6pm until 8:30 pm. I was very pleased to have between 70-75 guests, and in particular ...
Read more... - Setting Up December 6, 2019
Sarath arrived safely from Phnom Penh very early on December 2nd. It is lovely to be able to share this week with him directly. We ...
Read more... - Reviews and Feedback November 9, 2019
I have asked several people for feedback and / or reviews of my work.
I know some but not all of these people personally, and it ...
Read more... - Unfinished Stories November 6, 2019
Had another good webinar with Wendy, where we focused on how best to describe the core of my FMP work – Unfinished Stories. The challenge ...
Read more... - Private Viewing November 4, 2019
Just getting things organised for the private viewing, Friday December 6th.
I must say that Eventbrite is so easy to use. Now, just need to see ...
Read more... - Book – Digital Print October 30, 2019
Another piece of good news this week – the digital print of the book arrived from Phnom Penh. I am very pleased with the quality ...
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... - Installation – Layout and Display Boards October 20, 2019
Having pretty much settled the main wall hanging and sequence, I needed to turn my attention to the information boards. Whilst the show is focused ...
Read more... - A Constructed Image October 16, 2019
As I am closing in on the final choices and hanging plan – and nearing the time that I need to write a Critical Review ...
Read more... - Quotes and Photographs October 13, 2019
On Friday, I gave a talk to the Frome Wessex Camera Club, entitled ‘Unfinished Stories – From Genocide to Hope’. I was gratified that it ...
Read more... - Sarath’s Video – English voiceover October 9, 2019
Sarath has just completed a voiceover for his story ‘I Missed my Mother’. I have experimented previously with other ways of overdubbing the original Khmer ...
Read more... - Interactive Presentation October 7, 2019
I have to give another presentation of my work at the end of this week, to the Frome Wessex Club. I’ll be sharing the Unfinished ...
Read more... - The People’s Vote October 2, 2019
Data is an interesting thing, and not something one normally associates with artistic endeavours. Yet, just as we get feedback on our work from tutors, ...
Read more... - A research-led practice September 26, 2019
The MA is now in its 21st month. In that time I have flown almost exactly 50,000 miles to and from Cambodia. Looking at my ...
Read more... - Webinar with Wendy – Sept 25th September 25, 2019
Had a good webinar with Wendy today. I started by saying that I was quite pleased with how things had developed, and could now see ...
Read more... - Marketing September 24, 2019
So far, the Royal Photographic Society Contemporary group, in their magazine, and PhotoBath, both in the latest Showcase 4 book and the Witness exhibition are ...
Read more... - Book files sent to Printers September 23, 2019
Well. it is done. The Indesign and PDF ‘ready to print’ files have all been sent to pour printers in Phnom Penh. We are missing ...
Read more... - Newspaper Club September 23, 2019
For the BRLSI installation, I am exploring ways to involve the audience in the personal stories – zines to take away, QR code links to ...
Read more... - Finalising the images September 23, 2019
As previously noted, thanks to input from both Gem and Richard Young (a fellow member of the PhotoBath collective), I think I had a bit ...
Read more... - TV & Newspaper Coverage – Archives, March 2000 September 19, 2019
As part of the FMP, I am exploring my archives – not just my own images, going back to 1994 – but also contemporary press ...
Read more... - BRLSI – Venue August 26, 2019
I have booked the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) for two weeks, from Wednesday, December 4th. Installation day will be on the 4th ...
Read more... - Book material samples August 20, 2019
I have just got the samples from Phnom Penh. Whilst I had seen paper samples and such when there, I had not seen a completed ...
Read more... - Multi-media August 20, 2019
I finally got around to working through some ‘road trip’ photography from my last Cambodia visit. When Simeth and I were driving north, I decided ...
Read more... - Portfolios of Stories August 19, 2019
I have started thinking about Wendy’s challenge – to create mini-portfolios of the Unfinished Stories – to help the creative juices flow, look at ways ...
Read more... - Printing, and Webinar with Wendy August 15, 2019
As I discussed with Wendy, I made an (expensive) error in printing, with a border that just did not quite work.
Not enough space at the ...
Read more... - Photographs with Text August 14, 2019
In my teens, I started painting and writing. Pop Art, Op Art, and the beginnings of Conceptual Art were everywhere. Psychedelia either added or confused ...
Read more... - PhotoBath Showcase 4 August 4, 2019
The curation team have chosen four of my images for the upcoming Showcase book, with a different selection to the RPS Contemporary Group. I need ...
Read more... - RPS Contemporary Group August 2, 2019
I had noted in May that the RPS Contemporary Group planned to publish some of my work. Well, on returning from Rencontres d’Arles and vacation, ...
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... - FMP Proposal feedback from Wendy July 17, 2019
Had a good conversation with Wendy of my proposal for FMP. Feedback was good, and I think the proposal (and project) was well received. Wendy ...
Read more... - First Book Spreads July 16, 2019
The content of the book is coming along, and Vicky has been doing some design layouts, which look great.
This evening, she created a series of ...
Read more... - Lewis Bush – Storytelling Workshop June 16, 2019
I attending a workshop this weekend with Lewis Bush, on Storytelling. A little while ago I had written on ‘Narrative versus Story‘, which included some ...
Read more... - Lewis Bush – Storytelling Workshop Notes June 16, 2019
Section One: Story versus narrative
One story (event) can produce multiple narratives. Narratives are all about choices and decisions. Narrative directs audiences.
From my earlier post on Narrative
© Beemgee ...
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- Informing Contexts – Oral Presentation – Feedback April 9, 2019
From Pierre:
Well done video Mick.
Good to see your journey from where it began to where it is now. The painterly influence never goes away, it ...
Read more... - Informing Contexts – Oral Presentation April 7, 2019
Partly because of some misguided feedback at the Falmouth F2F, and partly because I felt a need to ‘go back the beginning’ to explain my ...
Read more... - Feeling a little frustrated March 28, 2019
There is some kind of irony in the fact that, just as I (and others) feel that I am making some real breakthroughs in the ...
Read more... - Pictures and Words March 17, 2019
Robert Frank said, ‘Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference, and it is important to see what is invisible to others’. (cited ...
Read more... - Book Design March 17, 2019
From the beginning of this project, I have been planned a book capturing the ‘Unfinished Stories’ of Sarath and family. Whether this is actually my ...
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... - Reflections on my Photographic Practice January 22, 2019
Robert Frank said, “Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference”.
I provided a reasonably thorough review of my photography in my ...
Read more... - A Book Brief January 18, 2019
In 2019, I plan to publish a book in Cambodia, about Sarath and family’s ‘Unfinished Stories’. Printing capability is competent but not sophisticated in the ...
Read more... - What is Street Photography? January 2, 2019
I have an ongoing project to digitise my film archives, which has been a bit interrupted by the MA. So a 2019 resolution is to ...
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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... - BRLSI Presentation December 9, 2018
The presentation to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Society is tomorrow evening, and I am putting the finishing touches to the materials.
I have created ...
Read more... - Sustainable Prospects Oral Presentation December 4, 2018
Robert Frank said, “Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference”.
Whilst I expressed the same thoughts in my first Oral Presentation, ...
Read more... - A Prayer from Hell – BRLSI talk December 4, 2018
I am giving a presentation next week to the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, entitled ‘Unfinished Stories from Cambodia’.
The subtitle is ‘A Prayer from ...
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... - Unfinished Stories from Cambodia – A Prayer from Hell November 16, 2018
I have been asked to do a talk at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, on December 10th. I was approached to do this ...
Read more... - Tell a Story November 15, 2018
This week’s exercise is ‘tell a newspaper story in 5-7 images’.
As I have just come back from Cambodia, trying to do something very similar, here ...
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... - A Prayer from Hell November 5, 2018
In Phnom Penh last week, I met Youk Chhang for the first time. The visit including a lot of such networking activities, in order to ...
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... - Mango Flowers and Fruits – Sarath October 16, 2018
The second fully-translated ‘story’ from Sarath.
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This is a story about the time just before being liberated from the Khmer Rouge (in 1979). The lives of ...
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