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Assignment 3 – Self Portrait: Final Rework

Posted on June 29, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Introduction to Rework Following my tutor’s initial feedback (here) and subsequent conversations I have reworked the presentation of assignment 3 for a second time. I have built on his comments regarding the contact sheet for this series by building in a … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3 – Self Portrait: Rework

Posted on June 29, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Introduction to Rework Following my tutor’s feedback (here) I have reworked the presentation of assignment 3. I have built on his comments regarding the contact sheet for this series by building in a opening contact sheet or grid which potentially suggests a … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3 – Self Assessment

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills This is the first project since joining OCA where I have used black and white, in fact it is something that I rarely use so there was a steep learning curve involved in both … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3 Self Portrait

Posted on June 14, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Susan Bright’s (1) argues that the self portrait is a photographic compulsion, an argument supported by the rise of the selfie (see here), but in nearly fifty years of photography I cannot remember taking a single, intentional self portrait. Self portraiture is a … Continue reading →

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Themes in Assignment 3 Self Portrait

Posted on June 14, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

The shadow self portrait has deep roots in the history of art and I wanted to position my series in this context, to reference my images, not just to photographers such as Friedlander, Maier and Stielglitz but to other artists like Renoir and Monet. By connecting my … Continue reading →

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Selfie or Self Portrait

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

In 1548 Catharina van Hemessen painted herself at her easel, a painting remarkable only because it is considered to be the oldest surviving self portrait of an artist at work (1). The subject of “me by me, doing what I do” … Continue reading →

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Colour to Black and White

Posted on June 8, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Colour to Black and White All the photos for assignment 3 were digitally captured. The original colour images and the final black and white version are shown below.  

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Black and White Processing

Posted on June 7, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Two ideas came together to help me decide to process the shadow self portraits project in black and white. Tradition Pliny the elder, who died at Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 documented how both painting and sculpture were discovered. In … Continue reading →

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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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The History of the Shadow Self Portrait

Posted on May 29, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Whilst looking for inspirational photographers who have used shadow self portraits I came across an interesting statement on the Lens Culture blog (1) regarding the work of Giacomo Brunelli in which the author suggests that the use of the shadow in self portraits is nearly … Continue reading →

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