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I’m sure you will have correctly identified the above embedded media as a video; the control strip at the bottom of the frame provides an inequivocal clue. But I bet you will also have double checked that you clicked on ‘play’ because, when you do it, apparently nothing happens. Keep watching though, and pay attention, […]
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A recent piece in the magazine Frieze about the concerns contemporary artists have caught my attention, and made me wonder what preoccupies those OCA students who are striving to be better artists? The article contends that artists’ main preoccupations are to have the space in order to do whatever comes next. But then, what does […]
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Bear with this video. If you can get past the introduction it is fascinating. The story of Vivian Maier is not going to reassure the family members of OCA students who are worried that photography can become an obsession, even without the drug that is flickr. The video also touches on a subject we will […]
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The holiday has given me plenty of time to think about one of my favourite musing topics at the moment – the relationship between art and documentary photography. On one level the distinction can be made very simply – documentary photography seeks to represent. Implicit in this definition is a sense of purpose, the photographer […]
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Rob Brisco whose street scene is featured above, has just completed People and Place. In our latest tutor interview, Jose Navarro talks about learning logs. The key message is, think of it as a tool. It should work for you. If it works for you – it will work when it comes to assessment. And […]
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Tutor Joe Fox got in touch with me to tell me about James Payne’s assignment three (Colour) for Art of Photography. Joe thought it was exceptional and I agree. James has taken the Gregory Crewdson’s Twilight series as the inspiration for part of the assignment. Given Crewdson produced Twilight with the help of Hollywood scale […]
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Gareth Dent and I set ourselves the challenge to choose a ‘book of the year’. The task proved to be more difficult than anticipated because the photographic book is going through a healthy revival. The choice of books was mind-blowing. The two books we eventually selected couldn’t have been more different. We hope you find […]
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I haven’t been freelancing for that long, just over a decade. But when I reflect on the fact that my first UK sales were a bunch of 35mm slides sent to my client by Royal Mail I do feel I may as well come from a different era – not unlike the bowler-clad gentlemen in […]
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About two weeks ago the jury for the Prix Pictet announced their shortlist. This prize for photography related to sustainability issues is now in its third year and the theme this time round is ‘growth’. The organisers sum it up neatly on the website with one simple sentence ‘At once a blessing and a curse, […]
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The OCA is pleased to announce a new student discount which we have agreed with Peak Imaging. This will enable students to have their work professionally printed and save 10% on the standard prices. More importantly, it will give students the ability to accurately control the printing end of their workflow. By comparing the printed […]
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