Those who left sketchbooks

I’ve recently been looking at the way artists document their practice. How they acknowledge their inner conversations, but also just to understand that “sketching”, and figuring things out is normal. I have decided to share a couple below: Keith Haring’s Journal; 1971 – 1989 With such an iconic, striking, and unique style, I wanted to

Sawada: Facial Recognition

Identity becomes a huge factor in the work I am looking towards, and the work I have previously produced, so over the upcoming weeks I will be reviewing different practices, that I feel present identity in exceptional ways. Firstly, I want to discuss Tomoko Sawada, a Japanese female photographer, who has an extensive library of

You Paid For Me…

As a social difference, and a split within opinions, sex work, and it’s relationship with society is somewhat rocky. These are the relationships I investigated heavily through the last year of both Academia, and my practical experimentations. It is a project I have however been unable to talk about for many unfortunate reasons: one being

Starting something new

I am a month out of University, and have come to the decision that I am going to record and track my experiences of being out of University. It is common knowledge that there are struggles when leaving university, whether you are looking for creative work, or experience problematic differences of full-time work from full-time

Entwhistle

After some trouble with printing out our books at a reprographics, reminding us why we give ourselves enough time for small problems such as this; me and three other colleagues had the opportunity to visit Entwhistle in Manchester, to speak about professionally printing our zines/books. The company was extremely helpful in making sure everything was

The journey of an image

When rustling through some academic, non-photography related sources, I found this beautifully placed postcard… it belonged to Matt Theodore, a photographer, however after some research in to the artist I found that his work could relate strongly to the photography which I have invested myself in to over the past year. It’s instances like this

Book Review: Alex Beldea

To coincide with the development process, I asked Alex Beldea to review my dummy book thus far. As a small booklet to showcase my practice from the year, I felt there were significant changes that I could make to this, therefore a professional and academic opinion was the best way for me to get feedback

G . F Smith

In order to get the upmost out of my practice and the book I am aiming to produce, I have had to investigate a range of paper types and stocks. This is so that I can ensure I am making the conscious effort to allow the images, paper and colours of my booklet to work

Blueprint :: Conor Palliser

This week a fellow student (Conor Palliser), was part of a group of artistic University students, that showcased their unique work in a small exhibition. This included a range of creative aspects such as; photography, music, graphic design and illustration, all of which were arranged and presented by the artists themselves. The exhibition space was

Paper Tests

For a successful final piece I want to know if I am using the right materials and paper, for the book to look as best as it can be. This is why I have tested a few different paper stocks that would be suitable for a book. Choosing a few aspects of my book to