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Assignment 4 – Tutor Report

Posted on August 15, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Overall Comments This first essay has been received very well; you have demonstrated a focused understanding of the subject matter, with relevant and very topical points regarding the historical, cultural and photographic themes explored. There are a couple of enquiries … Continue reading →

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Assignment 4 – Self Assessment

Posted on August 11, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

This assessment was re-written after my tutor provided a more appropriate set of evaluation criteria. Demonstration of Subject Based Knowledge and Understanding It has been interesting to use this assignment as the basis to look closely at a single practitioner, especially one … Continue reading →

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Assignment 4 – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Posted on August 11, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Vivian Maier’s East 108th Street is typical of her earlier work representing the optimism of 1950’s America, describing a vibrant, positive and potentially romanticised image of urban America. In this scene from Spanish Harlem we see Maier’s instinct for, what Richard Kalvar (1) describes as, creating dramas using “unposed pictures of … Continue reading →

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Vivian Maier: The Photographer

Posted on August 4, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

A few months ago in  Vivian Maier: Commercial Treasure or Artist? I looked at how Vivian Maier’s work became public; subsequently I looked a little more closely in Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits at one selection of her published work; more recently I reviewed the … Continue reading →

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The Vivian Maier Films

Posted on July 28, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

There is a nearly overwhelming desire to begin this essay with “The problem with Vivian Maier” because in the six years since her death she has been mythologised as the mystery woman, the nanny photographer, an enigma, a social mis-fit and a problem … Continue reading →

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