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Are limited editions about making money? Milking the value of whatever you have produced? My view on limited editions for anything other than fine art printmaking has just changed. Why? A result of a conversation with a photographer yesterday. And this image of a sheep produced using Brushes on my iPhone a couple of years […]
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As surreal weekends go, last one is hard to match. I found myself at the top of Rhinog Fawr in North Wales talking to friends about the Royal Wedding and the death of Osama bin Laden. All on an uncharacteristically sunny and warm day up on the mountains. Stunned at the news of the death […]
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This major review of South African photography at the V&A presents an opportunity to see work by big name photographers such as David Goldblatt, Jodi Bieber (ironically better known for her World Press winning image of Aisha than her South African work) and Pieter Hugo (better know for his Nigerian work ‘The hyena and other […]
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My respect for Tim Hetherington, documentary photographer and film maker, and photojournalist Chris Hondros, who were killed in a mortar attack in Libya two days ago. Anyone committed, talented and determined enough to do the work that they did has my deepest admiration. I didn’t know Tim Hetherington, I didn’t know him personally I mean. […]
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Making sense of 150 years of street photography in London and the four shortlisted portfolios for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, all in the same day, is no mean task. And that’s what a group of dedicated OCA students set out to do on our latest study visit. London Street Photography is hosted by […]
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In the first of the videos we have taken from the National Media Museum’s ‘In Conversation’ JH Engström talks about his early career. Interestingly, he doesn’t start with the ‘how’ of becoming a professional photographer, but the ‘why’. The ‘Anders’ referred to in the clip is, of course, his mentor and collaborator Anders Peterson.
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This interview also appears on The Freeman View. We’re making something of a break here in these interviews, because this month’s featured photographer is an OCA student at the beginning of the course, having just completed the first level – The Art of Photography and People and Place. We were all impressed with his photography. […]
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Once again I am grateful to tutor Joe Fox for drawing my attention to a fabulous student image. ‘Soft’ by Donghai Yan comes from his first assignment in the Art of Photography course, and I asked him how he came to take the shot. “On the day of photo shoot, I bought a new pack […]
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Andrew Haydon’s coverage of the Arts Funding Cuts was an excellent exploration of what was good, bad and indifferent about them. It made me think that anyone who cares about the arts should be engaged in the debate about arts funding cuts, it may mean fewer (or different? even – better?) exhibitions and theatre and […]
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Friday next week, ie 15 April, sees the opportunity to join Jose Navarro in a study visit to this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Exhibition and to the exhibition of London Street Photography at the Museum of London. It is a full day running from 11 am to 4pm and we know it is short […]
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