I have re-shared the below blog post from a year ago where I wrote about the Frances Borzello book ‘Seeing Ourselves’ – womens self portraits , as I revisit the book again for the writing of my CRoP. On first looking one could wonder why I would even be talking about self portraits, after all...
The top parts of this CRJ post are written 16.04.2021, whilst the bottom two are from 2019. ********************************************************************** I accidentally came to Abril’s work when I saw her ‘On abortion’ exhibition as part of the Deutsche Borse photography foundation prize at the photographers gallery in 2019 . I wrote about this in the blog post...
I have been designing the wall hangings that are to go in my Falmouth art gallery exhibition in July. I have decided on 3 , 1.4m x 3.25 m sheer panels at a cost of £126 each. I decided to go for sheer fabric in the end as a metaphor for the ephemeral , fleeting...
The above video was recorded on 22.03.2021 and forms part of my final public outcome for my MA submission. The workshop lasted 1.5 hours and we recorded the 37 mins of it that was me explaining the project and the workshop content, so that other families could join in that were unable to make the...
With two exhibitions coming up I have decided to have two 3D models of the spaces printed. The reasonings for this are – 1 ) They will help me with planning the exhibition out myself. 2) They will help with being able to visualise the layout with the curator at Falmouth Art Gallery, and the...
I have been invited to host a second exhibition at Bear Bookshop in Birmingham . I will be showcasing a range of images from across my three spheres of the project. I had a zoom yesterday evening with the owner Jenny, and we agreed a focus on the images of children learning in nature, reading...
Victoria forest – I showed Victoria ‘Heuristic Spaces’ of the 18 families in Cornwall It is a photobook / An educative photobook (not a gallerized photobook) The photos are very meaningful, change the emphasis have less research and and more images. Keep the law in but change the emphasis. Better way of presenting the legal...
Taken from my critical review 27.01.20 During the break I have been reading up in-depth on a number of photographers working in the same spheres as me (Davey, Boon, Laboile, Carucci, Abril, Calypso) , and managed to attend a number of exhibitions that relate to my practice in varying ways , both directly to my pedagogical...
I have shortlisted my families images to 88. I could shortlist more. I am not going to at the moment. I put them all together printed at 3×2 on the table and nearly cried at the beauty of what a life we have had, all that the has passed in the last two years, me...
Project ideas – display of text and image together or side by side. I don’t like the grid format for my project , but this could work in an exhibition with a transcript of an audio potentially. I have purchased mini mp3 players for my exhibition at Falmouth art gallery and am hoping to have...
Date of Supervision Meeting 03.03.21 Start time of Meeting / Length of Meeting in minutes 30 Meeting Notes & Action Points *Remember the website is not THE work, it is a carrier for the work * Think of it as a kind of mini presentation of the work * If I were you I’d be...
Earlier today I joined the peer to peer crit with ilya , robert and Becky . We discussed the crits from the symposium last week , as well as where our projects were at . Yesterday and today before the crit, I made a start on shortlisting the images of my own family for the...