Gamma rays
Physics has never been and never will be my strong point. That’s to say if I have a “strong point”. I would not describe myself as the most technically minded in terms of anything including photography. My way of thinking and indeed life is fuelled by the perhaps shallower path of heart and mind rather…
Jerry Uelsmann
This post will be short and necessarily brief. Read book. Found Jerry Uelsmann. Located work. WOW. The end.
Why do you want to take photographs?
A question that requires more attention than perhaps initially apparent, yet arguably could also be considered bleak, unnecessary and unappealing in intelligible context. I came across this question as I began to read in greater depth “Basic Photography” by Micheal Langford, I had picked up a cheap 2nd hand copy of the 7th edition, the…
Dadaism
Whilst reading my current book, I stumbled on the work of Max Ernst and Hannah Hoch, and have to say I found it particularly intriguing. Whilst I am by no means well versed with surrealism and or dadaist art, I can say that I found it quite stunning how far ahead of its time it…
Photo Sketching (cont..)
A bit of perusing the archival photo bank this morning, and some interesting playing around with photoshop. I found a few images that I had taken quite a long time ago that seemed to relate to the feelings I wanted to deliver. Some seem to nod to Sally Mann and her quite brilliant work in…
Photo Sketching
As much as the camera phone is a part of everyones life these days, I still for some reason prefer the feel of a “camera” in my hand. I have mainly been using my compact Canon IXUS for my sketching, but also I am trying to connect more with the camera on my iPhone 11.…
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Dan Towell OCA Context and Narrative 