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NCFE LEVEL 2 PHOTOGRAPHY – Assignment 2 & 3, Unit 2, Task 1&2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

RESEARCH

In the past month and a half, I have been lucky enough to attend two fantastic exhibitions, and to exhibit in one 🙂

PHOTO LONDON, SOMERSET HOUSE – 17- 20 May 2018

Photo London. Somerset Ho. f7.1 1/640s 18mm ISO100

After making our way into London, I have to admit, I was struggling to cope physically pretty quickly, and I don’t think I saw nearly as much as I would have wanted to, but for my first ever photographic exhibition, it was a bit of a show-stopper! Not strictly speaking an exhibition, it’s billed as an Art Fair, and was jammed with Literati and the glitterati too! Heart-stoppingly beautiful works and some eye-wateringly expensive prices.

Whilst it was amazing to see some of the iconic 50’s & 60’s fashion shots, especially those of John French (personal favourite of mine) to Terence Donovan and Bailey, I really did love seeing candid shots of Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren.

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Some of the images I liked best were not simply photographs. A lot of them incorporated a range of materials and techniques; from paint to paper cutting & paper pricking, aluminium printed images, concept works such as video and kinetic light images. I am inspired to try out a few of these new-to-me techniques. I really loved these images. Sadly, I cannot tell you who made them, because I can’t stand for too long in one place, and it quite often involved standing waiting for a long time to read what the tiny piece of labelling said… sorry. 😦

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I suppose in my own small way I have been making images along these lines for a long time, drawing and machine embroidering onto some of my own photo’s as part of my journalling.

I really was inspired though by the beautiful craft orientated images like that of Maurizio Anzeri, a ‘photo sculptor’. If you are a regular reader of my blog you may remember my blog piece on this form of artwork. Anzeri takes vintage photographs and embroiders onto them with such precision and skill. Whilst the photograph remains a photographic image, it takes on another life as a sculpture. These beautifully executed, hypnotic works are mezmerising to look at. I am absolutely inspired and thrilled that I have actually seen some of these works. 🙂

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I also loved this stunning image of Frida Kahlo (another heroine of mine) .. now having been a photography student for sometime now, you’d think I’d have taken a polarising filter with me to reduce the reflections on the glass wouldn’t you? Still…. it’s given me a chance to play with the image at home… lol.

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image manipulated on snapseed Galaxy s6

Sadly we had to leave fairly quickly, because I was in pain….but it has made me want to go out and see more of what this talented World of Photography has to offer. It’s too difficult for me to choose any one image that I would have liked to have on my wall.. maybe it’s a bit like when there are too many options on a menu, you just can’t choose!?

TTFN

…. observations

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Lost in you. f5.2 1/160s 29mm ISO200

Sitting pretty. f5.2 1/320s 29mm ISOISO200

LONDON NIGHTS, THE MUSEUM OF LONDON 11 May – 11 November 2018

We took a class outing to see this brilliant exhibition. Portraits, documentary, conceptual and photographic film, over 200 stunning exhibits showing nocturnal London, in all it’s colourful, vibrant, dramatic glory!

Whilst photographs are not permitted in the exhibition itself, I have managed to find a few of these images by internet search.

Bob Collins -West End at Night –

Buckingham Palace

Bob Collins – Picadilly Circus

Buckingham Palace and Picadilly circus by night. Bob Collins

These stunning images of St.Pauls after the blitz, 29 December 1940 taken by Daily Mail photographer, Herbert Mason. No camera trickery or Photoshop here.

Historically, I’m a lifelong retro fan, but this exhibition had me thinking in some new directions.

I particularly enjoyed, this vibrant shot by Nick Turpin, of a lost in thought night-bus passenger.

I was blown away by this image from Rut Blees Luxemberg

This silver gelatin print on aluminium by Anthony Cairns would definitely take pride of place in my home!

This exhibition is definitely worth a visit and continues until mid November. There can surely be no other city quite like London? I think it’s at it’s best at night.

If you have spare time afterwards.. the museum itself is fascinating! Go!

The Rotunda outside the Museum also has it’s own exhibition featuring work from students in the local area.

All images taken on Samsung S6

ps. Many Thanks Toby for seeing me safely there, and home again. You are a star!

RICHMOND SCHOOL OF ART – June 2018

And then, even more excitingly, to top it all off, we had our own exhibition here at Richmond Art College. It was well represented by all three levels of NCFE Phtography.

Armed with a hammer and panel pins, I set off… on a very sunny mid morning to put up my chosen images…. still at this point a little undecided as to which would be going up after all!

Some from our Postcode Project

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Brentford Dock Decay f9 1/100s 23mm ISO640

Brentford Buses f10 1/6-s 18mm ISO400

The Hive, Kew f6.3 1/160s 20mm ISO200

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The Palm House Kew Gardens

Teasels, Brentford Dock OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Barbed wire, Brentford Dock OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

and then the two ‘Product Shoot’ studio images

Ahhhharrr! Pirate’s treasure? OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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Flower shoes

There isn’t a huge amount of room on the boards, once you take into account the number of students, and the standard of work is pretty awesome across all three groups.

All images taken on my mobile phone

It was lovely to get to meet our fellow students and compare notes, also to get feedback from our peers.

Such a busy month! I consider myself a true Culture Vulture now…..

TTFN

research images, my own and found on Google

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