Crop & Tale

Crop & Tale was the wittily named exhibition of Bath Spa Photography and Graphics work, held in the centre of town next to the Roman Baths. It was my first insight into an exhibition and all the hurdles you have to overcome prior to one, although this was mainly run by the graphics students (as there's ALOT more of them than us) we all had our little jobs to do. I originally wanted to exhibit my 'Day in the life' work from last year but with it being a second year show it seemed a bit inappropriate, so instead i chose my 'Still life' work and portrayed both square images at a A3 size. I would have preferred to have the images framed with a square frame but due to organisational issues i had to adapt with a normal rectangular one, didn't look too bad and I had my own wall! 

Advanced Darkroom Workshop

Fibre-based printing, a workshop designed to help advance our darkroom skills (including how to mix the chemicals correctly and the right procedure if working in darkroom alone).

Trip down to Brighton!

So i thought i'd go and visit my sister, enjoy the sunshine and the pebbles in Brighton. I took my old canon 35mm and just snapped away without any real intent but i like the fact that the pictures i took of random areas of brighton kind of painted a picture of the weird seaside town and its busy lifestyle.

 

Project 14: Immigration in the UK

This is my final project for my second year at Bath Spa, and the concept behind the brief was to convey the field of photography that I enjoy most and would most likely follow through to doing after graduating. Unfortunately, in the first few weeks of the project, I had a family emergency which meant I couldn't focus on work properly for a month or so. This then turned the project into an almost constructive output whilst going through a tough time, and gave me something to focus on. Originally i wanted to focus on the mix of cultures found in the UK today, in the style of Steve McCurry, however, after some serious thoughts about how to convey this i took the style of Gillian Wearing's "Signs that say what you want them to say and not what someone else wants you to say" project and approached shop owners along a high street in Bath to explain how they feel about living in the UK or how they feel to be British. 

Overall, I am happy with the final outcome, however, it isn't a real insight into the photography style that i'd like to go into. Below is more of what i'd rather do (in an ideal world i'd get paid for it too!)