'CREATIVE HISTORIES & INDUSTRIES' - Research Project:Initial Ideas

 

1. Which areas of Creative Practices particularly interest you (these may include areas outside of your immediate subject specialism)?

PHOTOGRAPHY – PHOTOJOURNALISM; I’M INTERESTED IN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY MAINLY LANDSCAPE.

2. Are there any questions that you have identified in your responses to the readings and lectures that have formed part of the module to date? What about any questions that you have posted on your blog?

WHY IS SOME ART CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL? AND WHAT IS CONTROVERSIAL ART? THE COST OF ART CAN BE EXTORTIONATE, WHY IS THIS?

3. Which aspects of the readings and lectures from the module have you agreed with?

SEMIOTICS AND THE SCIENCE OF SIGN SYSTEMS. THE WAY SIGNS ARE USED IN MOVING IMAGE AND ADVERTISEMENTS, MOSTLY CONCERNING CONSUMERISM.

4. Which aspects of the reading and lectures from the module have you found to be particularly interesting?

ETHICAL ISSUES IN ALL FORMS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE, WHATS SEEN AS RIGHT AND WRONG AND HOW FAR I’D GO PERSONALLY AS A PHOTOGRAPHER.

5. Which aspects of the reading or the lectures and discussions from the module to date have you disagreed with?

I PARTICULARILY FOUND THE LECTURE ON ETHICS WHERE THE EDITING AND RE SHAPING OF PHOTOGRAPHY WAS DISCUSSED, HOW ‘FAMOUS’ IMAGES HAD INFACT BEEN EDITED DRAMATICALLY. I DISSAGREE WITH HOW SOMETHING SO NATURAL LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE MISLEADING.

6. Are there any specific issues that you feel strongly about? (Art, Design & Media related or not?)

AFTER ANSWERING THE QUESTION ‘DO ARTISTS/CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FOR ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES’ I FELT QUITE STRONGLY ABOUT THE MATTER AND AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT IN DEPTH I REALISED THAT ACTUALLY, AS A CREATIVE PRACTITIONER YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSSUES THAN SAY A WRITER DOES.

7. Which exhibitions/events/screenings have you been to see since beginning the programme? Are there any specific aspects of these that have particularly interested you?

I WENT TO THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TO SEE THE TAYLOR WESSING PRIZE EXHIBITION. FOUND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAD CAPTURED OBESITIY IN ITS MOST NATURAL FORM REALLY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE ILLNESS IS VIEWED IN TEENAGERS AND HOW THEIR PORTRAITS CHALLENGED THESE VIEWS.

8. What do you know about contemporary employment practices in your chosen area of specialism?

I UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE IN ANY CREATIVE PRACTICES IT IS A DIFFICULT INDUSTRY AND THAT POSSIBLY WORKING FREE LANCE, DEADLING WITH COMMISIONS FOR MAGAZINES OR NEWSPAPERS IS A ‘GOOD’ OPTION. I THINK COMPARED TO OTHER FORMS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE PHOTOGRAPHY HAS MANY PATHWAYS FROM FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY TO PORTRAITATURE TO PHOTOJOURNALISM.

9. Are you specifically interested in any aspect of commercial practices?

I’VE NEVER REALLY BEEN INTERESTED IN STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT HAVE ALSO NEVER ACTUALLY EXPERIEMENTED WITH IT. I’M QUITE INTERESTED IN CHALLENGING MYSELF TO CAPTURE THE SAME SORT OF FEEL IN A STUDIO COMPARED TO A NATURAL LANDSCAPE. I AM HOWEVER INTERESTED IN THE DEMOLISHION AND REBUILDING OF BUILDINGS, ESCPECIALLY THE URBAN ENVIROMENT.

10. What do you intend to do at the end of the Foundation Degree? Do you know how you are going to go about this? What do you need to know to pursue your ambitions?

I’D LIKE TO CONTINUE ONTO THE HONOURS YEAR AT BOWER ASHTON AND LOOK FORWARD TO GAINING WORK EXPERIENCE, PUTTING MY PRACTICE INTO THE INDUSTRY. I ALSO NEED TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR HOW COMPETITIVE THE INDUSTY IS AND HOW DRIVE AND ENTHUSIASM IN MYSELF AND IN MY WORK WILL HELP THIS.