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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 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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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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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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The Mysterious Shadow

Posted on May 24, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Roberto Casati (1) suggests that the shadow is the only truly two dimensional, non abstract object, it is immaterial, colourless and flat, thereby having all the attributes of something that does not exist, an illusion or a ghost. An area of darkness created … Continue reading →

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Shadow Self Portrait

Posted on May 19, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst

Initial thoughts for assignment 3 were to work with reflections, an area I have previously explored with a modicum of success (here), and there did seem to be the opportunity to take this idea further. I briefly researched reflective self … Continue reading →

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