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Firstly the title, get the comparatives correct; the term ‘Film Versus Digital’ irks me somewhat as to its ambiguity. We typically know where this discussion might be going, but what are we referring to, moving image or stills photography. Is it a ‘Super 8 Vs. Bayer Pattern CMOS sensor’ or a ‘120MF E6 Vs. 24MP […]
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Russell makes the case for Alberto García-Alix
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Photorealism is the term predominantly applied to paintings that are extremely life-like in visual appearance, thus resembling photographs. There are other mediums, which I will discuss in another post that also fall under this movement. I was first introduced to this term and artistic movement whilst studying at university in an embarrassing and unforgettable way. Whilst […]
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‘I can’t draw so that’s why I take photos…’ This is a line I have used for many years and will probably still continue to do so. My drawing abilities were at their peak when I was about twelve; I would spend hours copying characters from my ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ comics, which then my […]
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What happens when you have 12 ring binders full of negatives and a hungry office shredder? Well possibly a moment of madness or quite an interesting cathartic exploration in letting go; that resulted in the examination of my practice as an image-maker and to question the perceived importance of the visual document. Just over a […]
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What is a ‘Selfie’? Well this year the word was included in the Oxford Dictionaries quarterly online update… So I guess going by Microsoft Word’s red underline warning as I type this, I need to update my dictionary! noun (plural selfies) informal A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a […]
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Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth….
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Apologies, I could not resist the opportunity to paraphrase McCoy from Star Trek. Still, through various studio/portraiture-based workshops I have conducted and interactions with photographers, this line of thought is common. Typically the usual riposte I get when asking photography students to sit in front of the camera is on the lines of ‘I’m a […]
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Established practitioners and students alike may have, at some point, received the same line of enquiry into their field; more so with photographers and that is to define and label themselves within a finite medium. You can never be just a photographer; the inquisitive person wishes to probe further until you say something like ‘I’m […]
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