Tag Archives: Landscape

Shadow Self Portrait Contact Sheets

Posted on June 6, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

The time has come to bring assignment 3, self portrait, to a conclusion. Having started shooting at the end of April and continued for about five weeks at a number of different locations the selection and editing process has been time consuming. Every … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2 – Times Change and We With Time are Changing

Posted on April 13, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Introduction Elias Redstone, writing in Shooting Space (1), describes photography’s close relationship with architecture which, he argues, is surprising because photography is synonymous with time whereas architecture is synonymous with space and volume. However perhaps architecture has a closer relationship with time than … Continue reading →

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Mark Power: 26 Different Endings

Posted on March 23, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

When I set out to look at Mark Power’s 26 Different Endings (1) following my tutors comments reading my assignment 1 I was mostly interested in his compositional style  However, I was drawn into the subject matter and intrigued by the … Continue reading →

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Researching Architectural Palimpsest

Posted on March 12, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Palimpsest “A manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.” (1) “Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.” (1) “Architects imply palimpsest as a ghost – an image of what once was. In the built environment, this occurs more than we might think. Whenever spaces are … Continue reading →

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Late Photography Hurricane Hugo

Posted on January 10, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

In the early hours of 17th September 1989 Hurricane Hugo passed just south of the Caribbean Island of Antigua before making a direct hit on the neighbouring island of Guadeloupe where it almost completely destroyed two small towns leaving 35,000 people homeless. The 140 … Continue reading →

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