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Women Rise Up  part2

Gaza border protests. 2018

A woman argues with a riot police during a protest against Chile’s government in Santiago. December 2019.

Saffiyah Khan confronts EDL protester. Birmingham 2017.

The woman from Seoul, South Korea.

The woman from Amazon.

Pakistan gender equality protests.

Ni Una Menos protest.

Chile.

Ecuador, 2019

[sarawitek]

Photography Major Project 1 - First Trip to Chernobyl; Part 2

some more pictures I took, via my Camera for my project.

[sofiatopchishvili-blog]

Shoot 3 - Location; Russia 

some more footage that I took around my hometown - Saratov for my pilot project. 

[anastasiachristou]

PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR PROJECT 1

B&W Edits

[lydiameteyard]

PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR PROJECT 

Family Archives

These images were taken by my mother in the 80s and 90s. I find them extremely interesting as it shows how her style has changed over the past 20 years. The first two images were taken in her house when she was a student and the last image was taken in our old house in my oldest sister’s nursery. 

[jsitarz]

First shoot for the Major Project 

Last week I finally managed to get a studio to shoot my project. I have decided to push myself out of my comfort zone quite drastically. I set out to create very vulnerable portraits of myself, and I couldn’t think of a more vulnerable situation than wearing no clothing. The shame of being naked and identity share some similarities, in my opinion, as they are both imposed on us. We are not born with the urge to cover ourselves as we are not born feeling superior or inferior to others due to the place we come from - we are taught that. During the shoot, I reimagined in my head the events and listened to music which have shaped my identity. It was honestly an emotionally intense time, and I am amazed by the way I was able to express those feelings through my body language. The pictures appeared black and white in my head even before shooting, so I edited them this way straightaway. The grayscale makes them more focused and compelling. At first, it almost felt difficult to edit them and showing them to someone felt really strange, but I think I am getting used to that.

[z-j-zhang]

I like these pictures so much, they are perfect display what is the “bird view” look at.

[louise-fisher-blog]

Axel Hutte

Photos from London

[asyagurevich]

Banksy

After the story which happened with the Banksy, I went to Sotheby’s to see the work which was partly shredded. The work is worth even more now than the day it was auctioned at the time of the shredding. The owner of the work decided to exhibit the work for free for two days in Sotheby’s and I was fortunate to see it and photograph it. It made me feel how art is not just about the final piece but is always a work in progress.

[gambinijournal]

Girls making petrol bombs during the Battle of the Bogside, Ireland, 1969.

Two Armenian counter-militias fighting the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the aturkish Ottomans, 1915

Leap Radić hanged by Nazis for being a Yugoslavian Partisan during WW II, 8.02.1943.

Annie Oakley, 1899

An old Armenian woman defends her house, 1990.

Rosa Parks, mugshot after being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger, 1955.

Women protesting forced Hijab days after the revolution, Iran 1979. Photograph by Hengameh Golestan

Palestinian fighter Leila Khaled poses with her weapon and grandfather in 1969. She became a vocal fighter often speaking in Europe against the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

Four women from Maryland chased the men down and surrendered them. The men were terrorising the neighbourhood for several weeks. 1950

Girls at school in USA protesting the school dress code. 1940.

[lesley-catterall-price]

Advanced Research Methods: Week 3. Advanced Research Methods: Gallery Visit - Olafur Eliasson. Journal Task 3

TASK: Write a reflection on what you saw today. Which methodology/ies could you use to analyse images from the exhibition?

Eliasson’s interest in nature, geometry and how humans perceive, feel and interact with the world around us is explored throughout the exhibition. What strikes me most about this exhibition is how has taken over the gallery; not in every room but in every aspect: indoors, outdoors, the restaurant, live link ups to his studio in Berlin, to the recycling of T-shirts in the gift shop to get a discount, nothing has been missed.  It is completely interactive almost to the point of assaulting your senses.

The artwork covers the period from the 1990s to the present day which means you could analyse this work from a historical perspective.

The broad variety of the work covers several genres that could be used to analyse this exhibition: Art Theory: conceptual, abstraction, aesthetics, and environmental theory. The work covers a period of 30 years so you could also analyse this in a historical context. To give justice to this exhibition several of these methodologies would have to be used to analyse it fully. I would use those previously mentioned; historical, conceptual, abstraction and environmental.

The moss wall, 1994, was revolutionary in its day but it feels out dated to me now. It would be interesting to analyse this further in the historical context to better understand the impact at the time and how that has influenced other works.

I am a lover of symmetry and geometry so the kaleidoscopes and the artwork in the model rooms were interesting but my favourite pieces were; Beauty, 1993, Your Blind Passage, 2010 and a more recent work, Big Bang Fountain, 2014.

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uvIRMIvCTE-XS6_e9b11FY66DQs_O6r5/view?usp=sharing

Beauty, 1993

I could have sat at the back of the room and watched this rainbow of colours pouring down all day, it made me feel completely relaxed and peaceful. Eliasson’s ‘interests in illumination, nature and perception’ was the inspiration for this piece. I would analyse it using a conceptual methodology to gain a better understanding of this piece. It might lead me onto other methodologies to investigate.

VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FRdn9A-FFyc9BqR3rHWf6oBo4sBTV6Xa/view?usp=sharing

Your Blind Passage, 2010. (image from Guardian Review) 

This had the most profound impact on the senses, having limited sight, the changing colours and the weird, not very pleasant taste it left behind. When one sense is blocked your other senses kick in to bridge that gap, to keep you safe, it’s a primal instinct. I suspect it is the piece that affects the audience the most and in very different ways; some love it, like me, others would hate it. Again this is very conceptual and abstract.

VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17YcgqdNu66jvmFtCuhqLs76-H6VIfMLe/view?usp=sharing

Big Bang Fountain, 2014

It’s difficult to decide whether I prefer this artwork to Beauty. Beauty affected how I felt i.e. peaceful etc. but this intrigued me in how it affected my sight. Once my eyes adjusted to the darkness I was able to make out the different shapes and droplets of the water. It also left a residual image on my retina so that even after the water have disappeared I could still see its ghostly shadow floating in the air until it was replaced with the next ‘real’ burst of water. I would certainly look at this from a conceptual and art theory perspective.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition and there is plenty of food for thought in terms of the media to use to interpret different subjects and how this could be analysed in so many different ways. However, when it came to the last room with an A-Z of different ideas and influences I had had enough to really spend any time in there to appreciate it. There was too much for a 1 hour visit. It is an exhibition that I feel needs several visits to fully appreciate it, having said that the cost is prohibitive to make that a reality.

[carmelafaith]

Photographer Research

Shirin Neshat: Born in 1957, Neshat is a Iranian visual artist living in New York. Known for her primarily focus on film, video and photography, Neshat visual language concerns the contrast between Islam and the West. Further areas she considers are femininity, masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects.

What does her work say? Dark, selective studio lighting, shadows, depth, emotion, holistic

[sarawitek]

Photography Major Project 1 - Practice Photoshoot 2

For this practice photoshoot, I went to an abandoned old stable which is all falling apart and decaying. I also came across a tree which had been struck by lightening and it added a sense of tension for the area.

[sofiatopchishvili-blog]

Shoot 4, Digital Camera

As the main reason for this last test shoot was to photograph locations that I would return to in February - when I would be photographing my Major Project.  The outcome is very positive - and I have realised not only the market - is another nostalgic memory for me - it would be something new and perhpas and bit shocking for the audience and that aspect of “wow” is alwasy one of the main reasons I do art. 

[anastasiachristou]

PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR PROJECT 1

Abandoned houses-Interiors

Photograph I took in the Northern part of Cyprus, focusing on the abandoned interiors of homes.