Now that second year is finished, along with From The Bottom Up, it’s time to start thinking seriously about my photography-based dissertation. As a professional carer, I am constantly inspired by the healthcare sector and am beginning to embrace it as a point of creative innovation; consequentially, my final-year project aims to explore the invisibility […]
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Looking forward
So today is deadline day. I was toying with the idea of writing a kind of ‘final post’, but decided against this since I want to keep the blog open for further discussion and exploration over the summer and into my final year. Instead, then, I’m going to write a kind of summary of how […]
Building a presence
I decided to make an Instagram for my photographic work. I can’t believe this didn’t occur to me sooner; I think I got complacent, hanging in an in-between space where my personal Instagram became a melange of the personal and professional. This, of course, isn’t ideal if photography is something I want to pursue. It’s […]
Elinor Carucci
Elinor Carucci’s work has been somewhat of an inspiration for me during this project. She isn’t afraid to get up close and personal, and the intimacy of her work is something I aspire to. This was difficult to achieve in my own photography, particularly due to my anxiety about being in compromising or awkward situations. […]
Cruel and Tender: The Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph
Cruel and Tender has been one of the key compilations of work that has supported and continually inspired my project, From The Bottom Up. Featuring works by a range of acclaimed practitioners, from Diane Arbus and William Eggleston to Robert Frank and Martin Parr, the photobook embodies the idea of reflecting on and challenging social norms. This […]
Reflections: building confidence in practice
The one factor that has been holding me back exponentially during this project is anxiety. I had never intended this to be the case, either. As an inherently private place, I thought I would be safe from having to deal with the feelings when locked within a bathroom stall. This, however, turned out not to […]
Reflections: freak weather and fighting anxiety
This post is a reflection on a session I had on Monday 30th April. I’ve felt pretty disheartened about my project over the past week or so. The 50mm lens I had been using just didn’t do the job, and my anxieties about taking photographs in such intimate places had rocketed three-fold. I was struggling […]
Roni Horn / Her, Her, Her, and Her
Roni Horn’s Her, Her, Her, and Her is a typological photo series, compiled of images of locker rooms in Reykjavik, Iceland. The notion of typological photography is not something I ever found particularly appealing or interesting until recently. I felt as though this type of work was naturally suited to observing change, having encountered Jo Spence’s photobook […]
Jiang Jiehong / An Era Without Memories
I will be reflecting on professional ones throughout photobooks throughout my practice. This blog post will focus on Jiang Jiehong’s compilation, An Era Without Memories. The work is divided into four chapters, capturing and documenting the large-scale urban transformation taking place in China. Narrative Themes of memory, identity, and nationhood are evident throughout. I was particularly […]
Reflection series: being female at Brighton Pier (4/4)
The final post of this four-part reflection series focuses on being female in public toilets, specifically at Brighton Pier. I have already discussed my initially disheartening experience in the Brighton Pier female’s toilet in a previous reflection, so I won’t dwell on the epiphanic moment I had whilst staring at the nearby sanitary bin. Instead, […]
Reflection series: latrinalia at Royal Pavilion Gardens (3/4)
The third of this four-part reflection series focuses on latrinalia (toilet graffiti) in public toilets, specifically Brighton’s Royal Pavilion Gardens. As one of the few attended public facilities in Brighton & Hove, the toilets at Royal Pavilion Gardens were at the bottom of my list for having latrinalia-covered toilet cubicles. I was rather surprised, then, […]
Reflection series: surveillance at Brighton Pier (2/4)
The second of this four-part reflection series focuses on surveillance in public toilets, specifically Brighton Pier. Following my experience at Wild Park, I wasn’t sure where this project would take me next. I felt unsure about my brief, my focus on latrinalia, nor my stomach’s ability to spend another four hours in pungent toilets. After […]
