Intimacy

mickyates Art, ContextualResearch, Critical Research Journal, Documentary, Environmental, Expressionism, Ideas, Impressionism, Landscape, Narrative, Photography, Portrait, SSWeek11, SurfacesStrategies, Traces Leave a Comment

‘… all good photographers have a deep commitment to, and involvement with, their subjects, and through photography they are communicating their understanding and passion to others.’ Bill Jay, Occam’s Razor, 1992, pg 18 I wrote a piece on ‘preciousness‘ in art and photography a couple of weeks ago. Now, I want to address something even more important to my future …

Preciousness

mickyates Art, ContextualResearch, Critical Research Journal, Documentary, Experimental, Ideas, Photography, Practice, SSWeek6, SurfacesStrategies Leave a Comment

Two things happened in the last 24 hours, which I would like to connect. First, I saw Sian Davey‘s guest lecture. Second, I had a conversation with Richard Young, a photographer and Fine Artist friend. That conversation is now in its umpteenth iteration. To set the scene, two images. Sian Davey, 2011-14, Looking for Alice Richard Young, At A Certain …