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Shoot: ‘Perspective’

It’s important to me that I continue to develop my ideas each week. It’s easy to shoot everyday things, as we are surrounded by them all the time, but I want each shoot to have a purpose behind it. After stopping to consider how my project is going and thinking again about what I reallyContinue reading “Shoot: ‘Perspective’”

What do I want my work to say?

Last week I took some time to reflect on my project so far. I decided that it’s important to establish what it is I really want to say through my work. Looking at a short article about Luke Saxon’s work, also inspired me to really think about what I want to gain and achieve throughContinue reading “What do I want my work to say?”

Theoretical Research: ‘Luke Saxon recalls his nostalgic childhood gaze’

Luke Saxon, is a photographer that I’ve followed on Instagram for a while and I absolutely love his work. Often, the intention behind his photographs is also to find beauty in the ordinary. I found a really short article in C41 Magazine, about his project ‘True North’. ‘True North’ is a series that Saxon tookContinue reading “Theoretical Research: ‘Luke Saxon recalls his nostalgic childhood gaze’”

Reflecting on the project so far…

As I’m now roughly a third of the way through my project, I thought it would be useful to stop and reflect a little on how it’s going and where I want to go next. I’m really enjoying taking my photography back to what I enjoy most. It’s been a while since I’ve really focusedContinue reading “Reflecting on the project so far…”

Shoot: ‘Transcendent’

Since looking at the work of Eric Kim, I have been inspired to try something a little different with my photographs. I want to explore different ways of photographing everyday objects and spaces as Kim does. Therefore, for this shoot I tried a new style. All of the photos I took for this shoot areContinue reading “Shoot: ‘Transcendent’”

Visual Research: Eric Kim

I’ve been wanting to find some photographers that are a bit different to the ones I have been looking at so far, therefore I decided to look a bit more into Eric Kim’s work after reading the article on how and why he enjoys photographing beauty in the mundane. I found a black and whiteContinue reading “Visual Research: Eric Kim”

‘Beauty in the Mundane’ – Eric Kim Photography

Typing key words like ‘Photographing Beauty in the Mundane’ into Google brought me to photographer Eric Kim’s page. Kim writes a lot about why he enjoys finding beauty in ordinary things. He says that the ‘mistake we make is thinking that we can only make good photos when we travel to exotic places.’ This isContinue reading “‘Beauty in the Mundane’ – Eric Kim Photography”

Subject Research: ‘Photographing the Beauty of the Mundane’

https://www.theinspiredeye.net/street-photography-inspiration/project/beauty-in-mundane/ In this article, photographer Lynn Roylance talks about his project ‘1899’ (his house number). The project is a response to the question ‘what would i photograph if I could not leave home?’ Instead of searching for new places to take photos, he realised that his own home offered a plethora of everyday objects andContinue reading “Subject Research: ‘Photographing the Beauty of the Mundane’”

Shoot: ‘Food’

This week, I looked at Keith Arnatt’s work and it inspired me to start working with food. Arnatt’s photos of rubbish often feature discarded foods, bringing elements of mystery and colour to his work. Although often mouldy and rotting, the food in his pictures, along with the coloured plastics and various other pieces of rubbish,Continue reading “Shoot: ‘Food’”

Visual Research: Keith Arnatt

As my project moves forward, I would like to progress towards looking at some new photographers that I haven’t explored before. However, I did decide that it would be appropriate to remind myself of Keith Arnatt’s work first! Arnatt is another great artist that springs to mind when I think of photographers who make ordinaryContinue reading “Visual Research: Keith Arnatt”