Final Major Project Posts
- Unfinished Stories November 6, 2019Had 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...
- Webinar with Wendy – Installation Planning October 9, 2019Had a very good session today on how best to develop and show alternative hanging plans. First, the focus will be on the black and white ...Read more...
- Webinar with Wendy – Sept 25th September 25, 2019Had 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...
- Tutorial with Krishna August 21, 2019Very good conversation last evening with Krishna and Ash. Both were encouraging about the status of my FMP. We discussed the use of quotes as an ...Read more...
- Printing, and Webinar with Wendy August 15, 2019As 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...
- FMP Proposal feedback from Wendy July 17, 2019Had 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...
- Pecha Kucha Feedback June 5, 2019Had the first proper 1-1 with Wendy on the FMP, around the Pecha Kucha. I think it’s fair to say Wendy really liked the presentation and ...Read more...
- Webinar with Wendy April 30, 2019Had a very good ‘kick-off’ conversation with Wendy, today. We talked a little about the FMP process, and where I was on the Cambodian project. I ...Read more...
Informing Contexts Posts
- Webinar – Michelle, Andrew and colours April 11, 2019Quick but very productive webinar today. I noted the feedback on my Oral Presentation, suggesting less on the background and more on the critical thinking behind ...Read more...
- Feeling a little frustrated March 28, 2019There 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...
- Week Seven Reflections – Webinar with Michelle March 16, 2019In 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...
- Webinar February 22, 2019It 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. ...Read more...
- Week Two Reflections February 10, 2019Whilst 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...
Positions & Practice Posts
- Oral Presentation – Draft March 8, 2018 April 17th, 1975, after years of war, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Within twenty four hours they emptied the city of around 2 million people, ...Read more...
- Three Images – Contexts & Disciplines February 7, 2018For this week’s webinar with Gary, we have been asked to consider the disciplines other than photography, and the critical contexts which are relevant to ...Read more...
- Three Images – My Practice January 31, 2018I have chosen three images, reflecting different aspects of my ‘people’ photography. Events, Street and Documentary. The first (and header image) is a recent Event that ...Read more...
Surfaces & Strategies Posts
- Webinar with Gary, July 31st July 31, 2018Notes 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 ...Read more...
- Negatives July 12, 2018Interesting webinar with Cemre, Sarah, Danny & Ant. We were sharing our exhibition thinking, including Landings. Amongst other things, I shared the experimental ‘negatives’ work ...Read more...
- Documentary & Art June 29, 2018Had 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 ...Read more...
- Where Are You At? June 6, 2018This 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 ...Read more...
- The Work for Surfaces & Strategies June 5, 2018Very 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 ...Read more...
Sustainable Prospects Posts
- Week Nine Reflections – Reconciliation November 23, 2018My 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 Three Reflections October 13, 2018Still 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, 2018So, 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, 2018Sarah 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 ...Read more...
- Looking Back September 23, 2018I am exploring the long-term impact of the Khmer Rouge Genocide, and especially its impact on education. This includes revisiting our family history which goes ...Read more...