Deciding what to do with text in my current project is one of my biggest headaches. The fundamental idea behind Brave Faces was that it would be a visual response to my father’s unpublished novel of the same title. I have tried various iterations, from including slides with swathes of text. But that, repeated over […]
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Okay, I’m hooked. I’ve never made a book of any sort before. But I’ve found planning, sequencing and the act of making, choosing and creating a small photobook really helpful in the overall handling of my project. Jorg Colberg’s Understanding Photo Books: The Form and Content of the Photographic Book asked a series of key questions […]
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Presenting my work in progress so far last Thursday to the group led to mixed feedback. For those who had not seen my work for some time, some felt it was a large shift in direction from people to objects. For my tutor, Michelle, the project was becoming saturated with ‘things’ and not enough of […]
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Exhibition plan: To be ultra local with the exhibition space being the parcel shelves of cars parked on my own street. Why the backs of cars? First, it is a means of display that combines viewers being outside and to socially distance whilst also protecting the prints. Second, it is in keeping with the theme. […]
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My current practice is social documentary photography, which dovetails well with my primary role as a writer and photographer largely for editorial features. I’m beginning to see convergence between my approach to personal work and my editorial assignments. In this piece on chaplains, for example, I found myself drawn less towards safe portraiture and more […]
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