Author: lindamayoux
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The Gallery Context
Traditionally the photograph has been considered in terms of a print, and the high point of recognition for a photographer being an exhibition of their prints in a Fine Art Gallery. Galleries may present very different types of space in terms of lighting conditions, amounts and shape of space and general ‘feel’. But a tendency…
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Create a Slideshow
Task Look at some of the audio-visual slideshows on the websites listed above. Make some notes about particular works of interest, considering how they are edited, sequenced and how audio is used with images. Note down your own personal observations. (See Post Time-based audio-visual presentations) Whether or not you intend to present your photographs for…
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Exhibitions and the White Cube
Reflections on: Thomas McEvilley’s summary of O’Doherty’s 1976 series of articles for ArtForum in his introduction to O’Doherty, B (1999) Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space University of California Press Traditionally the photograph has been considered in terms of a print, and the high point of recognition for a photographer being an exhibition…
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Print on Demand
Photobooks Self-publishing (from Book Design course) Exercise 5.3: Print-on-demand mock-up Whether or not you intend to produce a book to present your photographs for Assignment Five, suppose for this exercise that you will. During this exercise you’ll familiarise yourself with a print-on-demand application and experiment with a book design.You don’t…
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On-line Exhibitions
Task An online audio-visual piece doesn’t necessarily have to be the piece of art in itself, but may simply be part of the ‘presence’ of the work, put together to promote it, possibly to coincide with an exhibition or publication, or to help generate interest more speculatively. A post by Sharon Boothroyd on WeAreOCA discusses a…
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Photobooks: design and publishing
Print-on-demand and self-publishing The expansion on print-on-demand services now makes self-publishing fairly straightforward. These enable direct sales through companies like Amazon at price mark-ups decided by the photographer. There are a number of services on offer that I looked at: Photobox snapfish shutterfly apple mixbook Review of options: https://www.cnet.com/news/best-and-worst-photo-book-making-websites-for-you/ But the one I chose – it…
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Photobooks: Inspiration
Types of Photobook Surveys and catalogues catalogues for exhibitions ‘Survey’ publications draw together a collection of individual images or a group of practitioners working in a similar area. Some surveys seem more didactic or directed at the art market, such as 50 Photographers You Should Know (2008), Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography (2009), reGeneration: 50 Photographers…
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‘Late’ Photography
TASK 1. Read David Campany’s essay ‘Safety in Numbness’ (see ‘Online learning materials and student-led research’ at the start of this course guide). Summarise the key points of the essay and note down your own observations on the points he raises. ‘”There is a sense in which the late photograph, in all its silence, can easily flatter…
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Colour Photography: Styles and Creativity
Reality/surreality/hyperreality. Mechanical vs art. Looking back from digital colour and high levels of control. Capturing images is now so easy. And possibilities of control at shooting and processing stages so broad. Often lose the aesthetics and meaning. See also: Abstract Photography Photoshop artistic effects Early photography: pictorialism to modernism Early colour photography processes produce a…
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Colour Management
Sources Cambridge in Colour: Colour Management and Printing series Underlying concepts and principles: Human Perception; Bit Depth; Basics of digital cameras: pixels Color Management from camera to display Part 1: Concept and Overview; Part 2: Color Spaces; Part 3: Color Space Conversion; Understanding Gamma Correction Bit Depth Every color pixel in a digital image is created through some combination…