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Project 14: The Portfolio and thoughts of Jem Southam

Posted on March 23, 2014 by briancooney123

I was thinking this week as I visited my location about our (us humans) perception of time.  Or perhaps its my perception of time.  The changes in the natural world seem to happen so slowly that we don’t notice them … Continue reading →

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Rachel Giese and assignment 2 and 4

Posted on March 15, 2014 by briancooney123

I first came across Rachel Giese when of the other students of the OCA mentioned her work on the Flickr forum.  I think at the time I was rushing through assignment 2 of Landscape, one acre and I had chosen … Continue reading →

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Assignment 4: Essay Structure

Posted on February 21, 2014 by briancooney123

Carrying on from where I left off the last day I want to map out the essay structure.  I have a conclusion (second draft) written and I will also need an introduction.  My philosophy will be to tell them what … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Representation.

Posted on January 30, 2014 by briancooney123

In the last few days there was an interesting discussion on the college Flickr forum regarding feminism.  The context was related to the new course, which has replaced social documentary, called Gesture and Meaning.  On the course as far as … Continue reading →

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John Berger’s Understanding a Photograph.

Posted on January 26, 2014 by briancooney123

I bought the book for Christmas and I am still reading and rereading it. It goes without saying that John Berger writes beautifully and with insight. There are many essays in this book but here I want to concentrate on … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3 review so far.

Posted on October 9, 2013 by briancooney123

  Finally I am back home for more than 2 days in a row.  Which means that I am ready to pick up assignment 3 again.  I haven’t really put it down so far as I have been reading while … Continue reading →

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The edge of Light by Liam Blake.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by briancooney123

Liam Blake is an Irish photographer who trained as a Lithographic printer before becoming a photographer full time in 1978. The book is full of beautiful photographs of the Aran Islands taken over an extended period of time, quite a … Continue reading →

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Thomas Joshua Cooper.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by briancooney123

Yet another artist I came across through Land Matters by Liz Wells.  I found the piece on him in Land Matters left me feeling a bit detached from him and his work.  I looked at the pictures and I read about … Continue reading →

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Susan Derges

Posted on August 20, 2013 by briancooney123

In Land Matters Liz Wells introduces Susan Derges by saying “Susan Derges engages directly with the elements – like fire, water, earth, and air – and with their inter-relation, often using camera-less processes.  Science, psychology, metaphor and archetype are among her starting … Continue reading →

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Mark Power.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by briancooney123

Mark Power is another photographer who uses a documentary method to make series of landscape photographs.  His series on the shipping forecast is brilliant!  He used the BBC shipping forecast as his structure, the list of locations mentioned in the … Continue reading →

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