August Sander – father of modern day portrait photography
august sander presentation Here’s a little presentation I have done on August Sander – the father of modern day portrait photography. He was a great photographer who influenced many modern day portrait snappers. Here’s some of my shots inspired by the work of August Sander. I’ve called this series ‘My Favourite Things’. I took these … Continue reading
Dissecting the Deutsche Borse…
The Deutsche Borse Photography Prize exhibition, hosted by The Photographers Gallery, comes to an end today. I was lucky enough to visit yesterday. This competition is now in its 15th year and looks for the photographers who have made the most significant contribution to photography in Europe over the last year. This year’s winner is … Continue reading
Documenting the disadvantaged – right or wrong?
Social documentary photography is a fast growing type of documentary photography, best demonstrated by photographers such as Sebastiao Salgado and James Nachtwey, in which the photographer takes pictures of people in poor countries around the world or in those parts of our own society which are more disadvantaged or who live in poor conditions. While … Continue reading
Modern v postmodern photography
What is modern photography as opposed to postmodern photography? Internet research picks up that postmodern photographic art is quite different to other postmodern art, being about deconstruction and desensitising the viewer to what they are seeing. Meanwhile modern photographic art is the term loosely used to describe the period from roughly the 1860s to the … Continue reading
Telling a story with pictures…
My latest personal project has been focusing on how I can tell a story through the use of pictures. The line ‘a picture tells a thousand words’ is so apt, and goes a long way to help explain why I got involved in photography. To me, words are not so important; pictures, good pictures, are. … Continue reading
The photograph as contemporary art
What is photographic art? Does a photograph need to be delicately constructed as if a painting or other work of art, or can it also be the photographic capture of a moment in time, a documentary-type snapshot? Charlotte Cotton’s ‘The Photograph as Contemporary Art’ provides a fascinating discussion of what is art and showcases a … Continue reading
The 21st century rebirth of feminism
Earlier this month saw celebrations of International Women’s Day. Having started 100 years ago at the same time as the Suffragette movement, this day aimed at promoting and enhancing women’s rights across the world has gone through some tough times. It started as a major event but in recent years, especially towards the end of … Continue reading
Reading the line of a poem twice… the work of Robert Frank
Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank was quoted in Life magazine in 1951 as saying “When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” This turn of phrase is delightful as it really embodies, in plain English, what is great … Continue reading
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