Well, it’s done. I found the creation of a comprehensive research proposal such a useful exercise in and of itself. Both in terms of realising in literal black and white the potential complexities of my own project to look at lone fatherhood but also to set out a route towards completing it. For anybody who […]
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It seemed so simple: “The obvious way to photograph emotion is through human beings. But…I don’t want you to photograph people’s faces. Choose how you’re feeling this week and photograph a scene which would tell us how this feels…Happiness, boredom, hopeful, fearful.” One of the biggest elements I struggled with was actually answering that most […]
Read moreHi! All being well my oral presentation charting my photographic past, present and future plans should be embedded below.
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I’d like to think that every time I make a photograph whether with a view to publication or for a personal project, I am upfront and honest about who I am, what my intentions are, what story I am trying to tell and how the output will be used. Increasingly, I’ve sought engagement from subjects […]
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It’s been an intruiging week. One that has challenged me to trace back my own interest in both journalism and photography. I now think my line was cast when I was about 13 or 14 years old, when I saw The Year of Living Dangerously and a Miami Vice episode about a photojournalist’s efforts to […]
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I’ve met so many incredible in Jaywick this past year or so. I’ve even been made an honorary member of the Jaywick Happy Club. Nobody has had as big an impact on me as Carol. Carol used to live in London’s East End and was once a pub landlady. She ran the bar at Reggie […]
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In response to a growing sense that the ‘place’ of Jaywick was an increasingly important element behind any portraits I might do, I sought to photograph people in places that mattered to each person. Homes or favourite areas, such as beaches or eateries, were introduced in an attempt to see not just Jaywick but the […]
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For the past year, I have spent a significant amount of time photographing the people of Jaywick, Essex. My interest was piqued by the seemingly endless poverty porn portrayals of Jaywick, charicatures of smashed windows, chalet homes and people on benefits. I did not necessarily want to attempt a visual counter-narrative, but to spend time […]
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In making ‘Married Man’, photographer Natasha Caruana documents a series of ‘dates’, organised through websites, designed for married men to conduct affairs. She photographs each man while concealing their identity and secretly records them using a hidden recorder. It’s a hugely original and creative piece of work, to be sure. In a guest lecture, Caruana […]
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In this, the first week, four key questions have been posed: Do you think the power and influence of the photograph is overstated? Does this devalue the true extent of the role of the photograph in bringing about change? What do you make of the mirror/window analogy? Do you identify more closely with one or […]
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