Monthly Archives: November 2012

Winter caravan Park.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by briancooney123

I spent some time last night examining in detail my progress on assignment 1 so far and also looking at some of the work of the new topographies.  I decided that I need to broaden the scope of the assignment … Continue reading →

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Stephen Shore.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by briancooney123

Firstly this piece about him from Oxford Art online: American photographer. From 1965 to 1967 he worked as a photographer for Andy Warhol at his studio, the Factory. He studied with Minor White in 1970 and had his first solo exhibition at the … Continue reading →

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Lewis Baltz.

Posted on November 26, 2012 by briancooney123

As part of assignment 1 I thought I would look at or at least consider different styles of landscape photography, different ways of seeing, I suppose.  I want to do this by looking at different movements within photography and by … Continue reading →

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The New Topographics.

Posted on November 26, 2012 by briancooney123

Some notes I found on the new Topographics movement of photographers New Topographics. Term first used by the American William Jenkins (1975 exh. cat.) to characterize the style of a number of young photographers he had chosen for the exhibition … Continue reading →

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Notes and progress on Assignment 1.

Posted on November 26, 2012 by briancooney123

I spent some time yesterday photographing some wind turbines.  Here are the images: One thing that I think is good about this image is that to me the shadows are typically winterish looking, other than that I think its quite … Continue reading →

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Project 6: Figures in the Landscape.

Posted on November 21, 2012 by briancooney123

This project asks the photographer to consider the role of human figures in terms of Balance. Focus of attention. Establishing the scale of the scene. Perhaps the scene above has the figures a little too prominent in the scene, the … Continue reading →

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Working on assignment 1.

Posted on November 21, 2012 by briancooney123

I have been thinking the last few days that I have enough ideas for this assignment and that what I need to do is work each one through to its conclusion.  So I went back to these wind turbines near … Continue reading →

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Resuming work.

Posted on November 21, 2012 by briancooney123

So I have been away traveling and photographing only for myself for the last couple of months.  Now I am back and I realise that I need to take ownership of this assignment. I was thinking a lot about the … Continue reading →

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