Traces

Final Major Project Posts
  • 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 ...
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    Positions & Practice Posts
    • Positions and Practice Work in Progress May 3, 2018
      Just submitted … 
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • Traces April 17, 2018
      I am considering ways to use post-processing in the representation of traces, as part of the Cambodia project. The intent is to heighten emotional engagement ...
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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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    • 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 ...
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    • Work in Progress – I missed my Mother August 18, 2018
      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 ...
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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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    • Exhibition August 16, 2018
      Two of my early ‘Traces’ images have been chosen to be part of PhotoBath‘s group show in September. It will be shown at 44AD Gallery, in ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • WIP – Telling Sarath’s Story in the Jungle August 9, 2018
      Part of this project is to tell the personal stories of the people who survived the Genocide. I am using video, and will include segments ...
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    • Negative Traces August 5, 2018
      The impact of the Genocide of 1975-1979 is still, in many ways, hidden. It is visible only in traces, both physical and psychological. My project is ...
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    • Webinar with Gary, July 31st July 31, 2018
      Notes from today’s webinar with Gary, not necessarily in order of importance, and referring my last weekly reflections – Week 7 and Week 8. Noting that ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • Book Dummy July 15, 2018
      I am having to jump ahead this week, as I am pretty much full tilt with work and travel from Tuesday. I created a ‘book dummy’. ...
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    • Negatives July 12, 2018
      Interesting webinar with Cemre, Sarah, Danny & Ant. We were sharing our exhibition thinking, including Landings. Amongst other things, I shared the experimental ‘negatives’ work ...
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    • PhotoBath Exhibition & Book July 12, 2018
      PhotoBath, the local photography collective, are running their third annual show, in September, at the 44AD ArtSpace Gallery in Bath. They are also creating the ...
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    • Showing the Hidden July 4, 2018
      The Landings Exhibition is in preparation, and there is a call for entries. At the same time, I am continuing to explore the idea of ‘traces’ ...
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    • Windows on the Hidden June 30, 2018
      I have found the last couple of weeks most enjoyable, exploring new kinds of imagery, both to learn new techniques and to consider ways of ...
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    • Documentary & Art June 29, 2018
      Had a very good webinar today with Cemre and Yas. Just want to jot my thoughts down here, not in any particular order. Cemre asked about ...
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    • Photographs Without (my usual) Cameras June 27, 2018
      This week’s task is to consider how to create images without using our usual ‘apparatus’, whilst still being related to our project. I considered using Google ...
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    • Pop June 21, 2018
      I have been experimenting with some of the ‘traces’ work, not least as a couple of the images have been chosen for the PhotoBath exhibition ...
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    • 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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    • Where Are You At? June 6, 2018
      This week’s webinar, with Cemre, is a conversation about ‘where are we at?” with our practice over the break. Well, Ingrid and I moved home over ...
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    • The Work for Surfaces & Strategies June 5, 2018
      Very helpful webinar with Gary today. As background, one of my ‘issues’ is the limited time I can be in Cambodia, and how I will develop ...
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    Sustainable Prospects Posts
    • 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 ...
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    • 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, ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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    • Instagram Part 3 October 17, 2018
      Following the earlier post on a first experiment, I conducted a second experiment. In the spirit of the week, I decided to promote TWO images on ...
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    • Instagram Part 2 October 11, 2018
      Following the earlier post, I conducted an experiment. Brief recap on my Instagram: I joined pretty much at the beginning, and just use it as a ...
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    • 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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