For development 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.