Monthly Archives: November 2014

Insiders / Outsiders and Documentary Photography

Posted on November 20, 2014 by stevemiddlehurst

The Abigail Solomon-Godeau Essay Inside/Outside Solomon-Godeau in Inside/Outside ( i ) puts forward the argument that  that Susan Sontag and Martha Rosler ( ii ) are being simplistic when they categorise photographers into “good” insiders or “bad” outsiders, labelling outsiders as voyeurs and insiders … Continue reading →

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Critical Debates Around Photojournalism – Rosler and Hine

Posted on November 15, 2014 by stevemiddlehurst

Introduction Martha Rosler’s 1981 essay  In, Around and Afterthoughs (1) is one of those essays that, once you start researching it, is widely quoted, analysed, dissected and regurgitated in one form and another, so like reading Camera Lucida (2), considering her views is part … Continue reading →

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Exercise 1 (b) – Objectivity in Documentary Photography

Posted on November 10, 2014 by stevemiddlehurst

Definitions The Oxford Dictionary defines objectivity as existing independently of perception which, in the context of photography, could be interpreted as an object, or the subject matter, must exist independently of the subject’s perception of it. In Photography (1) Stephen Bull offers … Continue reading →

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Exercise 1 (a) – Looking for Objectivity in a Single Photograph

Posted on November 9, 2014 by stevemiddlehurst

Kevin Carter and the Pulitzer Prize Photo of a Sudanese Child Famous documentary and news photographs are there to see in books, exhibitions, or in various places on-line but their context is primarily post production, how they were and are … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward to Context and Narrative

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stevemiddlehurst

Having completed Assignment 5 of TAoP it was a refreshing change of pace to set up the new blog for Context and Narrative. That, at least, seems like progress. A sensible thing to do would be to document my goals … Continue reading →

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