1: Positions and Practice

Sept to December 2023

Aims

locate my past and current practice within the broad contexts of professional contemporary photography.
consider the importance of research in both academic and industry contexts.
critically reflect on core themes in contemporary visual culture.
analyse my practice in relation to specific themes.
articulate my practical and conceptual motivations and intentions as an image-maker.

Topics and themes:

Mirrors and Windows: what does photography mean for you?
Methods and Meaning: exploring how methods and processes impact image narrative and meaning.
Reading Photographs: structures by which we interpret images.
Authorship and Collaboration: rethinking authorships and the importance of collaboration.
Interdisciplinary Practice: photography in relation to time, stillness and motion.
Words and Pictures: exploring the relationship between photography and writing, and image-text pieces.
Audience and Institutions: exploring the role of audiences and institutions and their impact on styles, approaches and attitudes to photography.
Nature and Culture: exploring sustainability and environmentalism, and the idea of nature.
Photography, Power and Others: considering the inherent power relationships within photography and the potency of its gaze.
‘After’ Photography: rethinking photography and identity in the digital age.

Inspiration:

Stephen Gill Birds taking off, Trail Cam footage.

Ori Gersht

Uta Barth

Home Truths 1: Windows to the Wild Present Time Passing

https://photography.zemniimages.info/portfolio/home-truths-windows-to-the-wild

‘Timelessness’
Times of day
Changing seasons
Solarpate, cyanotype and screenprints
Moving image

I am particularly interested in the nature of light at different times, ways in which light changes and the process of digital capture to either record light accurately or camera adjustments to ‘make a better image’. And how this changes with different colours and techniques.