Monthly Archives: October 2015

Assignment 5 Self Assessment

Posted on October 19, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills This project called for competency in three technical areas. Design & Composition – To design and compose a staged photograph on paper in advance of a shoot was a new experience and I was pleased … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 – A Supplication for the Beggars

Posted on October 19, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Historical Context In 1529 a Protestant lawyer by the name of Simon Fish wrote and distributed a pamphlet, asking Henry VIII  to dissolve the monasteries and to appropriate their lands and wealth for the good of the nation. At the … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 – Post Processing

Posted on October 17, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

The original intent had been to take three photographs that could be merged into a single image in post processing but by the end of the shoot it was obvious that at least four and perhaps five separate photographs would be needed … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 Lighting and Sets

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

The shoot for assignment 5 was approached in four stages. Stage One – Trepidation Stage 2 – Supplication Stage 3 Sanctuary Stage 4 The Ceiling

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Assignment 5 Influences and Inspiration

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

This project has been influenced and inspired by staged photography, figurative art, graffiti, romantic painting, photojournalism, news media, political posters and medieval art. Media As previously discussed (here) when there is an imbalance of opportunity, prosperity, security or social tolerance between … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 Concepts

Posted on October 9, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Introduction For perhaps the first century of photography’s history documentary photographers very directly addressed their subjects. In his speech to a conference of charities in 1909 Lewis Hine (1) beseeched his audience to get a camera and start documenting injustice because … Continue reading →

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Before We Were Us We Were Them

Posted on October 6, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Sometime around 800,000 years ago early humanids migrated out of Africa and into Southern Europe, it took another 300,000 years for them to reach what we now think of as the British Isles. According to Francis Pryor the slow pace of this drift to the north … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 Shoot Plan

Posted on October 4, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

I will discuss the ideas and influences behind assignment 5 elsewhere but with the shoot only a week away it is time to collect the shoot plan together in one place. I have already discussed the selection of the shoot … Continue reading →

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Theatres of the Real

Posted on October 1, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Continuing with the theme of staged photography and having already crossed back across the Atlantic with a look at Alison Jackson (here) there are several other British photographers who have made, or are making their name, in this area. Theatres … Continue reading →

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