This is a private blog site to support the Photography AS/A2 classes I run in Bournemouth - I use it to share ideas, research, useful (I hope!) material, and point out good photography stuff on the web.
When I can I will add other relevant content - exam materials, handouts, etc. If you can think of something that should be here feel free to let me know. Some pages may end up being password protected….
If you think you should have access to the site, please get in touch.
Richard
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Holton Lee – Arts and Disability
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 No commentsFor some time I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work alongside several disabled artists, often as the result of running a funded art project of some kind. A lot of this work has taken place at or with Holton Lee – a local charity that works with Art, Disability and the Environment.
I don’t know this this artist – Gus Cummins – but his work is a powerful demonstration of how photography can be an important element of an artist’s work. I suspect Gus doesn’t call himself a photographer.
I would encourage you to find out about Holton Lee – they have an excellent gallery space with a regular programme of exhibitions – have added a link to their site at lower right. The preview for this one is the afternoon of Friday 16th October, and you can find out about the work from this exhibition at http://www.ictal.net/gus_cummins.html.
ictal 2008 02 - Gus Cummins
It’s important – especially for AS/A2 – that you engage with as much ‘real’ art as possible – by that I mean seeing it first hand, not just in a book or a website (unless that is how the artist has deliberately chosen to exhibit the work). Think about how a real print, or video installation, might differ – colour, scale, surface, context, accessibility….?
Holton Lee has an archive of disability art – in fact has been selected to host the new National Disability Art Archive – but money seems to have dried up for a while, so still at the planning stage. They also have studio space for rent by the day or longer – some of my A2 students from a year or so back rent one from time to time to do work there.
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Branislav Kropilak
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 No commentsThe splendid image of mosque columns in Sebah’s photo posted by Ian reminded me of some much more modern work, so just putting this in as a brief counterpoint.
Garage No 1 (2005) - Branislav Kropilak
And a couple of pages you might want to explore:
On the value of the Polaroid – we discussed it briefly as a unique image (ie no copies or multiple prints) – an equivalent to the daguerreotype.
and an article on photography, the law and privacy.
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