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Goldberg surely?

This year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Prize is an interesting challenge in comparing work from the wide range of approaches which constitute contemporary photography. Sontag, among others, pointed out that common parlance has it that photographers take photographs and artists make drawing and paintings. Well, the common link in the work at the Photographers’ Gallery shortlist […]

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A Northern challenge

Ben Robinson has been the first OCA student to contribute to an exciting new joint venture between the OCA and The Big Issue in the North.  A photograph of his friend Gibson, a singer-songwriter based in Sheffield, was selected for the ‘photo of the week’ section of the northern edition of The Big Issue magazine. […]

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Ready to be immersed?

It is not immediately obvious why this video is different to many video news reports coming out of Libya. But watch a little longer. The video is, in fact, a promotional trailer for a company Condition ONE, who describe themselves thus: ‘Condition ONE is a mobile media technology company developing the tools and platform for […]

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Blog of the week: Shelly Holland thumb

Blog of the week: Shelly Holland

Blog of the week goes to photography student Shelly Holland for her careful reflection on her neighbourhood images. Of the image above she says: “In this photograph the old woman, wearing a blue coat that contrasts with her pink umbrella, has chosen a dangerous place to stand, where tiles from the roof of a derelict […]

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A fresh look at the Renaissance… thumb

A fresh look at the Renaissance…

Art historians, painters and photographers alike should take a peek at the Swiss/Italian photographer Christian Tagliavini’s visionary Renaissance series ‘1503’. Inspired by a desire to fuse the work of the painters Agnolo di Cosimo (Il Bronzino) and Modigliani, the project utilises richly exquisite die-cut costumes to dramatic and mesmerising effect. Christian says about his work, […]

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'It's not about photography, it's about life' thumb

'It's not about photography, it's about life'

The latest OCA study trip was to the National Media Museum to listen to Greg Hobson, the museum’s photography curator in conversation with JH Engstrom, one of two photographers behind the Museum’s current exhibition From Back Home. The event had been previously billed as featuring both photographers, but Anders Petersen was unwell and had been […]

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American Power triumphs…

So Mitch Epstein has won the Prix Pictet with his epic work American Power. While it would be churlish to begrudge Mitch the prize for such an impressive body of large format fine art photography, I am disappointed that the body of work which most impressed me (The Hell of Copper by Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo […]

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Cindy Sherman: Master of Disguise

Cindy Sherman has had a profound effect on the artists of her generation. Her work can be described largely as repellent and yet it is alluring at the same time. There is also the added ingredient of humour instilled in the way she treats issues of femininity, the role of women in society, sexuality and […]

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You've got to roll with it…

We have had a lot of discussion about photography recently, both at Format and here on WeAreOCA, so it felt time for a practical project – a competition. Inspired by Joel Meyerowitz’s image of a Manet inspired pastoral scene with a toilet roll, the competition challenges OCA students to come up with an image including […]

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Right here, right now…second thoughts thumb

Right here, right now…second thoughts

Yes, I knew I would have second thoughts about some of the bodies of work on display at Format Photography Festival. I knew that no matter how shocked I initially was when I first saw the slideshow by Peter Dench, I would eventually say something positive about his work. “Don’t do it”, I said to […]

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