Tag Archives: presentation

MA Final Exhibition Opening night

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pete

So that’s it. I arrived early to check out all was well and my 7 images were up and dispersed in amongst other students work around the site. This worked quite well. The main resolved body of work was, of … Continue reading →

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A focus for the final term

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Pete

So the new, final, terms begins today. This might be a good time to take stock of where I am and consider the pressing next steps to resolve this work. Looking back I can see a sort of shape to … Continue reading →

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The road to victory

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Pete

I’ve been reading a little more of Mauro’s Photo Show: Landmark Exhibitions that Defined the History of Photography and specifically the chapter on MOMA and its four landmark exhibitions.   I new about the stance MOMA took but had not … Continue reading →

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Another simulacrum of blood and shit

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Pete

You might remember that in my last post on this project I tried to create a physical object that represented my experience of bleeding, but that did so in a way that was clearly a mediated artistic reflected re-presentation of … Continue reading →

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The 1891 Vienna International exhibition of artistic photography: The birth of picture making and an end to prejudice and misunderstanding

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Pete

So I am back to exploring exhibitions…. Spencer notes that Alfred Horsley Hinton wrote about the Vienna biennial in 1891 stating that of all the exhibitions in Europe and America this was the one where photography finally took shape. The … Continue reading →

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Between Pride and Prejudice: exhibiting photography in the 19th Century

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pete

I think there are still many people who see photography as easy and cheap art rather than as a valid expressive medium. I was one of them until about 10 years ago! Mauro, A (ed.) Photo Show: Landmark exhibitions that … Continue reading →

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Distraction

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Pete

I’m had to put away the feedback I received and am trying desperately to distract myself from reading it over and over again. So I carried on reading Mauro’s book.Today’s chapter is entitled: The most remarkable discover of modern times: … Continue reading →

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First visions: the invention of photography

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Pete

So no photos shown …. just the idea…. Mauro, A (ed.) Photo Show: Landmark exhibitions that defined the history of photography, published by Thames and Hudson, 2014

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Exhibitions

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Pete

I was distracted from doing any real practice work yesterday by some very bad news. Accordingly I tried to distract myself by reading. Thinking good wishes for you Sarah. Photo Show: Landmark exhibitions that defined the history of photography One … Continue reading →

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Transitioning

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Pete

So I am now near the point where I need to consider how to present my work and then select and refine the imagery in regard of the specific production values to exploit each context’s strengths and weaknesses. For example, … Continue reading →

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