Category: Assignments

Feedback I submitted the draft e-book as a work in progress as I was keen to obtain feedback that might shape the direction of the ongoing work. The initial submissionContinue readingA5: formative feedback

Work This work is not yet fully realised (as permitted by the brief) and is presented here as a work in progress. Once I’ve made more photographs with the changingContinue readingA5: submission for formative feedback

I put this version of the ebook up for peer review on OCA Discuss. There were a number of helpful comments. The ones I used in making the next edit:Continue readingA5: Peer review

Contacts My shoots included scenes and artefacts from the woods as well as portraits taken in the woods. Include only the contacts for the portraits, which are the main subjectContinue readingA5: contacts and presentation

Intro I asked people what the woods meant to them. Based on the notion of ‘we are what we do’, I was hoping to hear both about projections of identityContinue readingA5: words about the woods

I needed two types of subject – one of the woods themselves and one of the people using the woods. The woods themselves don’t move around or need any persuasionContinue readingA5: Approach to shoot

I’m continuing to work on engaging with volunteer subjects for location based work through social media groups related to the area (Facebook lends itself well to this). I’m also startingContinue readingA5: social and local engagement

As I read around my topic of ‘stories from the woods’, I’m leaning towards a perspective that reflects man’s projection of his identity onto the landscape. Joel Sternfeld’s writing theContinue readingA5: research | visual

There are numerous tales of mysterious and magical woodlands in literature, which perhaps influence our perceptions of being in the woods. And even shape our beliefs and fears. In EnglishContinue readingA5: research | literature and myth

Following my initial thoughts on A5 (see here), I collect various research in this post. Location As a site-based work, I feel it important to consider the site itself asContinue readingA5: research | Skipton Castle Woods

Brief Develop a project around the theme of Self or Other Chance to find and articulate your personal voice in relation to the context defined throughout this course – realised through iterativeContinue readingA5: brief and initial thoughts / notes for tutor call