Monthly Archives: May 2024

U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 25 Penny Reeves, Portrait Photography

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Brian

Penny Reeves, photographer and accredited judge on photography talked about the ins and outs of portraiture, illustrated with her own work featuring family and friends. Types of portrait: casual/candid; natural light posed; studio posed; and self-portraits.  Selfies and corporate head … Continue reading →

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Figures: Octoroon, John Bell, Royal Academy, c. 1868

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Brian

Sculpture photographed at the Royal Academy exhibition ‘Entangled Pasts, 1768–now Art, Colonialism and Change’. ‘Inspired by Hiram Powers’s successful Greek Slave, John Bell [1811-95] debuted The Octoroon at the 1868 Royal Academy exhibition. However, the mobilization of narrative that made Powers’s sculpture acceptable … Continue reading →

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Photography in Fiction: Pariah Genius, Iain Sinclair

Posted on May 19, 2024 by Brian

When I went to buy Pariah Genius I searched the photography and biography sections without success.  The assistant said try fiction and that’s where it was. Photographer John Deakin (b.1912) died, largely unknown and unmourned, in 1972.  He is now best … Continue reading →

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‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Brian

To Ely yesterday to see the exhibition of sculptures by Sean Henry, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ at the Cathedral. Cain posed the question to God in the book of Genesis, anticipating the answer ‘No’. There was no direct answer; … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub ‘TEN’ Exhibition

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Brian

Posting on Shutter Hub site this week – https://shutterhub.org.uk/exhibition-ten ‘To celebrate ten years of Shutter Hub, we invited photographers to share their work, exploring the theme of ‘TEN’. Hold your breath and count to ten… or don’t! This creative and … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 24 Eleni Paliginis Macro Workshop

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Brian

From a briefing note by Eleni: Macro photography, sometimes referred to as microphotography, is the action of taking photos of small items. It is extensively used to photograph flowers, insects and also for commercial purposes to photograph jewellery etc. Because … Continue reading →

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Dreams and Visions 3

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Brian

The picture included in the previous post was made using a double exposure technique. Camera: Nikon FM2, 50mm and 135mm lenses Film: Ilford Pan F, rated 50 ISO Two exposures made, one for sky and one for figure.  Camera set … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub: Dreams and Visions 2

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Brian

I posted a message on 22nd March saying that Shutter Hub had issued a call for submissions to a project entitled ‘Dreams and Visions’.  I looked on the Shutter Hub web site in anticipation of the approaching closing date to … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape: Mitchell Hill Farm 3

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Brian

In the corner of a field at the Mitchell Hill Farm site.

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On Perfection

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Brian

A helpful and hopeful article, ‘Nobody does it better’, by the ever interesting Geoff Dyer in the Observer on the 5th.  He argues: ‘There is no perfection in art, music or literature.  You can edit down your body of work … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Niobe

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Brian

This young figure was part of a temple pediment, probably from South Italy or southern Greece. Artemis and Apollo set out to kill the children of Niobe, who boasted she was a better mother than the goddess Leto. This daughter … Continue reading →

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Portraits to Dream In – National Portrait Gallery

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Brian

I feel that photographs can either document and record reality, or they can offer images as an alternative to everyday life: places for the viewer to dream in… Francesca Woodman, 1980 I thought Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 – 1879) and … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub – (Return) To The Sea

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Brian

A new call for submissions from Shutter Hub In 2023, we launched To The Sea, a year-long exhibition on the French coast celebrating all of our visions of the sea. The exhibition featured over 400 images by 120 photographers from … Continue reading →

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National Portrait Gallery

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Brian
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Newnham Hall Farm, Ashdon

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Brian

Four-mile circular walk from Ashdon, Essex, yesterday. A long, rather straggling village with some distinctive buildings – a good pub, the Rose and Crown.  Attractive countryside, hilly compared with its neighbour, Cambridgeshire.  A landscape of rolling arable fields – cereal … Continue reading →

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