Tag Archives: diptych

Administration and Tears

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Pete

Yesterday was hectic. In between the calls to and from district nurses, carers and suppliers of things dad needs, he would phone and not answer. This happened five times. I’d picked up and hear him and call out “dad” but … Continue reading →

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Making order out of disorder

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Pete

You just can’t control some things….

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Project 11: words or not

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Pete

I have continued to experiment with the approach of offering viewers images of existing signs next to ones imagined by me. In this first diptych below I have continued to play with existing and imaged signs but have included a … Continue reading →

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Project 11: another, more subtle, approach

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Pete

Another diptych. This time I have tried a subtle approach and selected a vista where the signs are prominent but not overly so and just changes the symbols from passive to active. I think this diptych has a very different … Continue reading →

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Mythologies

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Pete

When I was interviewed for this MA Mythologies (Barthes, 1957) came up and it was clear that some of my earlier work had triggered an association with it for my tutor. So even though I have had the book for … Continue reading →

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Project 11: Signs as diptychs

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Pete

So now I have an approach to project 11 that works I made a couple of diptychs below where I replaced the passive standard symbol with more active symbols. Here is the original photo. I then worked on a new … Continue reading →

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Project 11: Production values, aim and purpose

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Pete

I think a lot about production values. They are present from the moment we conceive an idea for a photo or image and run through every stage of the process. Realist photos might take on the appearance of realism and … Continue reading →

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Same difference

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Pete

I visited dad yesterday and one of the photos I took was looking at mum’s front garden. At the time I didn’t think anything of the photo and thought more about how the vista had changed from one where that … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – different view of winter

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Pete

It was bright and sunny today so I went outside and had a look around my garden. The setting offered endless photographic possibilities. In the end two things struck me: patterns and colours and so this is what I have … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – finding purpose

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Pete

When I arrived at dad’s today I was confronted with this. Dad had his albums open and ready for me to peruse. This pleased me. It’s hard for him to find purpose and meaning in life after mum’s death and … Continue reading →

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