Tag Archives: Edward Ruscha

Assignment 2 – Tutor Report and Response

Posted on April 21, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

My responses in blue. Overall Comments “This second assignment on the “unseen” is noted as being a strong and very good project that is supported by an excellent learning log. The strength of your research is very good along with … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2 Aesthetics, Selection and Presentation

Posted on April 9, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Criteria The assignment is very open in terms of subject but quite specific regarding the final presentation. We are asked to submit a “tightly edited and visually consistent series of 7 to 10 images”. My final selection is very much … Continue reading →

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Seriality and Neutrality

Posted on March 23, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Twentysix In 1963 Edward Ruscha published Twentysix Gasoline Stations, which the Tate refers to as, “a modest publication”. This book, with its red text on plain white cover contains 26 nondescript monochrome photographs of petrol stations between Ruscha’s home in Los … Continue reading →

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Shooting Space

Posted on March 8, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Most rough sleepers live in urban centres so urban spaces and architecture were an inevitable component of assignment 1. Too many of my initial photographs for that assignment were poorly composed and, as assignment 2, is taking me back to … Continue reading →

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The Deadpan Aesthetic

Posted on February 24, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

History and Origins According to Artbook (1) the origins of the word “Deadpan”  can be traced to 1927 when Vanity Fair Magazine compounded the words dead and pan, a slang word for a face, and used it as a noun. … Continue reading →

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