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Paul Graham Television Portraits
I wonder if my selection of portrait photographers for review listed in my previous post – Dijkstra, Avedon, Struth et al – is setting me down a track for my Ironman portraits which is predetermined. Most of these photographers have adopted a strictly formal approach to their portrait series – same pose, same crop, similar […]
Current Thinking on Theme for Advanced Study
August 30, 2011
My thinking has been evolving around my Advanced course for the OCA. I intend to enrol around October – holidays and the need to tidy up my Landscape work for accreditation come first. I wonder if I am doing too much thinking before I have the course materials in front of me…..maybe but I am […]
Thomas Struth
August 30, 2011
Happily given my current interest in typological studies, the Whitechapel Gallery has been hosting a major exhibition by Thomas Struth. Struth studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher in Dusseldorf. Much of his early work could be viewed as typological. His oeuvre spans quite a range from urban landscapes, landscape, portraits, complex images of modern technology […]
Bernd and Hilla Becher
August 18, 2011
I have started to do some research into the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher and the so called Dusseldorf School of Photography. The Bechers ran the photography programme at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1976 to 1996. The students of this programme have had remarkable success with many becoming world renowned artists. Amongst them are Andreas […]
Rineke Dijkstra
August 14, 2011
I have been thinking for some time about what area of study I should decide on for my Open College of the Arts Level 3 Advance course. In this module I will have to: Design an extended programme of personal study in discussion with your tutor Produce a strong portfolio of photography in your chosen […]
Bibliography
August 11, 2011
Gabriele Betancourt-Nunez, Ulrike Schneider (2011), Portraits in Series A Century of Photography, Kerber Verlag Rineke Dijkstra (2004), Portraits, Schirmer/Mosel
why photo-graph?
August 10, 2011
This is my new blog in which I will record my inspirations, experiences and learning as a photographer. The title refers to two aspects of photography. photo refers to light (phos means light in greek). Light falling on light sensitive film or digital sensors is the means by which photographs are created. The quality of […]
photo-graph 
August 31, 2011
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