'Pop Up' exhibition at the Bath Spa Train station

Currently exhibiting this collection at the Bath Spa Train station, a 'pop up' exhibition I have curated myself! On display until Tuesday 15th, other photographers showcased include Kathryn Younger, Thomas Katan, Jack Larbalestier and Donal Mcpartland.

I chose to use this as an opportunity to give a 'teaser' of what the exhibition in the waiting room is going to look like; so I decided to use a selection of only 3 images which would be the strongest showcase of my 1950s project. 

FoodCycle

Food Cycle mission statement: We’re all volunteers, and we all like to cook. We don’t like to see food wasted, and we know that supermarkets and shops have to throw away lots of edible food every day. We know there are people going hungry because they don’t have the money, time, or equipment to cook a proper meal for themselves.

So we thought – let’s get in the middle of that, take the edible food and cook for the community. Our costs are very low, our staff are all volunteers and we like seeing people enjoy our food.

Hello,

My name is Sarah Ashworth and I am a third year photography student at Bath Spa University.

I am writing to ask about the possibility of Pukka Bath publishing a small story on the charity 'FoodCycle'.

http://foodcycle.org.uk

FoodCycle is a nationally charity run organisation which meets in Bath every Wednesday at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Julian Road.

Their mission statement is that they don’t like to see food wasted, and they know that supermarkets and shops have to throw away lots of edible food every day. 

They know there are people going hungry because they don’t have the money, time, or equipment to cook a proper meal for themselves. 

So FoodCycle make a change, they take the edible food and cook for the community. 

Their costs are very low, all staff are volunteers and they like seeing people enjoy a wholesome three course meal. 

I didn't know that FoodCycle existed in Bath, even after studying here for three years, and yesterday I went for the first time to photograph how the charity works, including the cooking and serving of a three course meal to those in need. 

So I am writing to ask if it would be at all possible to use your magazine to get some much needed publicity for this very well organised and helpful charity, as it not only is a good cause but presents the City of Bath in a good light!

I have attached a selection of images that I think would be best suited to a magazine layout.

For any further details of how the charity works or any questions for me, please feel free to contact me via e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Kind Regards

The Weather Diaries

EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE. THE EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON FROM WHAT PLACE AND ANGLE OR SIDE AN OBSERVATION IS MADE, ON WHEN THE OBSERVATION IS MADE AND WHO IS OBSERVING. Rúrí, Artist’s Statement; Relativity, 1992 Iceland.

The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland, March 2014

Press release:

A poster exhibition of selected works by Cooper & Gorfer from the book The Weather Diaries. Published in connection to the upcoming Nordic Fashion Biennale, The Weather Diaries mix dark romanticism, photography and 18^th century painting to tell the story of Icelandic, Faroese and Greenlandic fashion.

I have put The Weather Diaries on my order list at Amazon- exciting times! 

Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein Talk - Design March, Reykjavik, Iceland, March 2014

During my time in Iceland, I went to a talk by Calvin Klein, which was part of Design March held at the Harpa in Reykjavik. 

Although I don’t plan on becoming a fashion designer, the talk was really interesting and Klein gave lots of good advice on working in the creative industry. Plus i was hoping that he would give out some freebies! haha

The following are a few notes that I took during the talk:

-Klein’s designs were inspired by the James Dean era and influenced by British design - he wanted to be the ‘tough guy’.

-He was always in control of his image and marketing. 

-He controlled and directed shoots and picked the team. 

-He worked with photographers such as Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Mario Sorrenti and Patrick Demarchelier. 

-He has worked at every level of the industry

In regards to imaging, Klein says it has to reflect what you create and you should always have a clear point of view.

"People don’t know where they want to go, you have to show them"

"You have to have the confidence in yourself that you want to do it, you can doubt yourself but never show it. Lead and make people buy into it. If you are not confident, act as if you are."

"Problem solving is life. If you don’t have to solve them anymore, you’re dead!"

"Push for what you believe in."

Galleri Fold Talk

Galleri Fold Talk with art dealer Elinbjort Jonsdottir, Iceland, March 2014

During my time in Iceland I went to a presentation about Icelandic art and photography at Galleri Fold.

Galleri Fold was established in 1992 and sells work for artists through both exhibitions and auctions. All galleries in Iceland work on commission.

Key features of Icelandic art:

-       Landscape and abstract work is very common

-       Nordic blue is a predominant feature

-       The raven is often featured in Icelandic art as it is involved in many folklore stories and traditions

-       Icelandic art is hardly ever sold as replicas, people like to own the authentic original and most house holds will have at least 3                   original paintings

-       SIGN EVERYTHING- you never know if you'll be famous and people often mimic others to authenticate your work

The first photographs in Iceland were taken around 1860 by French photographers. Soon afterwards Icelanders learnt how to use photographic equipment and made their own photographs. Due to the rise of camera ownership, Icelanders rarely buy photographs for their wall. However, they love photo books and according to the art dealer there are stacks in every house!

Meeting in the middle

ICELAND COLLABORATION PROJECT

This project was predominately based in Iceland. I was part of a team that included a Textiles student called Rebecca Maconally from my university and a student from Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA called Ana Prodovich. There were two parts to this project.

1 - A VoiceThread presentation on Icelandic Art

2- A short film based on a site we were given. We were given the Harpa Opera house.

This project has proved to be quite difficult due to time constraints and the fact that it was predominately an online project. However, I have enjoyed collaborating and working as a team with students of different disciplines. We still have to edit and finalise our film but hopefully during the editing process we will be able to create an outcome that is interesting, fun and arty. Instead of solely using moving image we will use single shot images taken of the Harpa, from our very different perspectives and using our creative backgrounds!