I have finally managed to whittle my images down from and have chosen 18 images that I feel fit the feel and narrative of my photobook. The photo above gives a rough idea of the sequencing that I want to use.  

Although not a photographer I was very interested to find the work of the painter Joan Semmel.  In her series With Camera , 2001-2006, she painted self portraits of herself taking photographs of her naked body. I find these images to be uncompromising and feminine. Showing the female body as it is, without alteration. She…

Roland Barthes was a French Philosopher born in 1915 in Normandy. He began writing Camera Lucida following the death of his mother in 1977. For this assignment I have been asked to read pages 25-28. Barthes begins by saying ” what I feel about these photographs derives from an average affect, almost from a certain…

So that I can see the progression of the footage and editing that I have shot. The first 2 cuts of my video, Time for Tea. Password  : cupoftea This first video was shot using my Fujifilm HS30 exr bridge camera. It was shot in HD but you can clearly see the limitations of the…

Things to consider when sequencing a photo book Could liken making a book to following a recipe. A series of instructions , sequence needs to be followed in order to get the right outcome. Alex Sweetman – claims bulk of photography books remain collections, or a “portfolio between covers” . A photo book needs to…

Contact sheet from shots taken today for assignment 1.- Looking at body image. Photos are unedited in that I have not applied any skin or blemish enhancing effects. I have adjusted the levels and exposure on some of the images but other than that it is my body as it is in the flesh!  

I found this interesting article from July 2012  in the New York Times online edition. It talks about the use of manipulation within the media industry , and I found it to be largely in defense of the practice. “There is an impulse I’ve seen over the last several years to improve on reality,” quotes…

Whilst researching material for my assignment I have come across the work of Matt Blum , The Nu Project. He shoots women in their own homes, in natural circumstances, the only difference being that these Women are embracing their womanhood. These Un-models , as he calls them. create wonderfully empowering photographs, showing us that women…

Expanding on the idea that female self esteem is somehow informed by what society expects and by what is portrayed in the mass media, I have been intrigued to learn just what defined the ultimate in female beauty within a historical context. To see if perceptions of female beauty has changed over the years and…

A magazine ad for an Olay product that the Advertising Standards agency found to be misleading to consumers. The advert claimed to be the “secret to brighter-looking eyes”  and “reduces the look of wrinkles and dark circles for brighter, younger-looking eyes”.  The ASA ruled that post production work on the eye area was misleading but…