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Celebrate
Posted: 27/04/21 09:18 |
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For the last ‘Expressing Your Vision’ groupwork session we decided to try something a little bit different and invited all EYVers from March assessment to share the best of their submissions with their fellow students. The idea was more for a celebration than a crit, but with such a creatively diverse set of assignments there were plenty of questions to be asked and the session naturally developed into a wide ranging discussion on different aspects of the course and photography in general.
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Has the last year been a delay, distraction, or an inspiration?
Posted: 23/04/21 09:40 |
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As the lockdowns are (hopefully) drawing to an end, it’s worth looking at examples of how some students have channelled their experiences into their student work. For many people this historic period has provided the opportunity of ready-made subjects for creativity. Not only artists, but the public in general have been getting very creative. Much of this is part of a community spirit to entertain, to lift the mood of others and to brighten up homes that seem increasingly like a scene from Groundhog Day.
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Format Photography Festival
Posted: 08/03/21 03:43 |
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Format Photography Festival is almost upon us again, running from 12th March to 11th April in Derby and online. This year, OCA Photography tutors Derek Trillo and Jayne Taylor (that’s me) will be co-hosting a virtual ‘festival visit’, with a view to enabling those valuable shared discussions that form such a key part of the […]
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Ear to the ground— On Photography Group work
Posted: 19/02/21 09:51 |
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Robert Bloomfield and Dan Robinson As online group learning continues to gather pace across the college, we’d like to bring you a short update with the latest developments in Photography. For those who are new to OCA, or have not yet tried group work, these are video based discussions with students and tutors focusing on […]
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A (virtual) study visit with interview and Q&A
Posted: 13/02/21 09:15 |
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A tour of the project Climacteric with OCA student Jane Weinmann In a live discussion, final year photography student Jane Weinman and OCA tutor Derek Trillo will talk about the strategies and approaches Jane used to develop her major project. The focus will be on topics that students at any level might encounter, with specific […]
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Short Film Collaboration – a painter and photographer talk
Posted: 08/02/21 09:45 |
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Andrew Fitzgibbon (photography level 3) and Paul Butterworth (painting level 2) met up to discuss their recent collaboration on Andrew’s short film, Leeds and Liverpool. Paul, who is a professional actor, liked the idea of swapping modelling for some headshots and posted his suggestion on OCA Discuss. Andrew was near completing his BoW project and […]
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Study Event: Contamination/Curation
Posted: 29/01/21 11:27 |
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Contamination/Curation was an online cross-discipline workshop over two Saturday mornings in October, part of the ongoing series of collaborative online events under the overall banner of Keeping Up Momentum organised by Level 3 photography student Helen Rosemier. This edition supported by tutor Bryan Eccleshall, who asked us to collaborate in randomly assigned groups of five […]
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Motivated to work in Equality and Diversity
Posted: 30/10/20 09:28 |
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The motivations for my becoming the OCA student representative for Equality and Diversity are deeply embedded in my personal experiences of racial and social class based injustices. I felt that this personal context was important to illustrate my interest and commitment to the role. But equally I wanted to add a real life dimension to the discussion on equality and diversity.
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Student stories: Jonathan Lamb & David Fletcher
Posted: 13/10/20 09:39 |
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Two OCA students had the chance to take part in a course with photographer Mimi Mollica at his farmhouse in Sicily recently. The week started with portfolio reviews with Mimi and Martin Parr.
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Student stories: Anne Bryson, Photography
Posted: 07/10/20 09:03 |
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In this post we celebrate the learning journey of photographer and OCA student, Anne Bryson. Earlier this year, Anne exited the Photography degree at the end of level 2 with the award Diploma in Higher Education (DipHE). After a short study break she decided to take the short course, Investigating Place with Psychogeography and used this to further extend a project exploring the coal mines in the Forest of Dean. She caught up with programme leader Dan Robinson.
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