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Dispelling the myth
Posted: 15/06/11 07:51 |
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The last thing I wanted to be told at Ouagadougou passport and health control is that I needed to have an injection to enter the country. I looked at my vaccination certificate in total disbelief. They were right; my yellow fever vaccine was out of date. I would have to have a yellow fever jab […]
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Zoom: Melanie Dornier
Posted: 10/06/11 10:57 |
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Melanie Dornier is a French student on the Social Documentary course and is based in Suzhou, China. She emailed me about a month ago to say that she had an exhibition of her work on show at the Gallerie Des Cents Pas, Besancon, France. Now unbeknown to most readers of WeAreOCA for the last couple […]
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Feet
Posted: 07/06/11 10:10 |
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The photograph above is from an exhibition of work by OCA photography student Omar Camilleri. I say exhibition, although it probably more correct to call the work an installation. Either way, it shows Omar’s work to great effect, taking the Maltese ‘pavaljuni’ form hanging over the heads of passers by in Merchant Street in Valletta. […]
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Blog of the week: Sarah Cowan
Posted: 03/06/11 06:26 |
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I am grateful to tutor Alan Byrne for drawing Sarah Cowan’s work to my attention. Sarah’s blog systematically records her working through the projects in Art of Photography and Sarah’s progress is clearly evident in the final project from which this shot of Venice is taken. It is actually quite difficult in locations which are […]
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He's back
Posted: 01/06/11 10:11 |
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To my knowledge this is the first time we have featured a student twice for work completed for one course, but we were so taken by James Payne‘s final assignment for Art of Photography we thought it was worth sharing more widely. The assignment calls for the student to apply techniques and illustration and James […]
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Paul Graham study visit
Posted: 23/05/11 03:38 |
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It is always a pleasure to meet OCA students, but Saturday proved even more pleasurable thanks to an informative tour through the Paul Graham show provided by Michael Lowton of the Whitechapel Gallery. I would strongly urge photography students who get the chance to visit this exhibition as Graham’s work has a far greater visceral […]
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More doesn't necessarily mean better
Posted: 19/05/11 08:56 |
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Photography students often ask for advice about submitting work for assessment, so with this in mind Jose Navarro has recorded a series of short videos on some of the key themes. They are: 1. More doesn’t necessary mean better (above) 2. About digital submissions 3. Submitting work as a book 4. Submitting prints for assessment […]
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Making sense of it all
Posted: 17/05/11 11:18 |
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What is the point of art? Or perhaps from my perspective, what is the point of art education? According to Lord Browne ‘A degree is of benefit both to the holder, through higher levels of social contribution and higher lifetime earnings, and to the nation, through higher economic growth rates and the improved health of […]
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Committed to communication
Posted: 16/05/11 02:42 |
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As we prepare our plans for the next academic year for discussion with our Trustees, we can announce one commitment. We have been very pleased with the take up of the Illustration and Graphic Design courses which were introduced in 2010. So pleased, we are now committed to developing new degrees in Visual Communication. The […]
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Blog of the week: Ula
Posted: 13/05/11 11:14 |
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I’m extremely grateful to tutor Jane Parry for drawing my attention to the learning log of Urszula Anna Jakubowicz (Ula) who is currently studying Graphic Design as part of her BA(Hons) Creative Arts. As Ula is based on Alderney I doubt that she will be attending a study day anytime soon, but it is always […]
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