Tuesday October 11th
Case Studies.
Today we have been given a task to consider the practice of a contemporary professional photographer in terms of their trajectory of their career. I have decided to look at a photographer called Paul Hill.
His inspirations:
he was greatly affected by the death of his parents close friends and spouse. he said that 'to pick up a camera is not the normal thing to do when confronted with a family tradgedy, even if you are a photographer. but it was surprisingly the most natural thing for me to do.'
His clients:
he started his work in the sixties as a freelance photo journalist for publications including the birmingham post, the guardian, the observer and the financial times.
Published/exhibited work:
this is one example of Paul Hills work, it is entitled corridor of uncertainty. I believe this is because of the irony captured of the scorch mark from the electricity running down the poster to make people aware of the impacts of electricity.
Another example of Paul Hills work is the image of Dudley & Dowell Foundry which shows a black and white image of two men on their lunchbreak it was taken in 1972 the image shows good use of light and shadow and the image of the two men appears to be framed by the pathway leading along the left of the men.
During his career Hill's work has been exhibited extensively, and includes individual exhibitions at:
The Photographers Gallery, London (1972 and 1992); |
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Focus Gallery, San Francisco (1977); |
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Arnolfini, Bristol (1978); |
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Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield (1980); |
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Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (1990) |
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery (1995). |
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His work is held in the permanent collections of many major galleries and museums,
British Council and the Arts Council; |
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Japanese Photography Foundation, |
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Australian National Gallery, |
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Competitions/awards:
Paul Hill has received numerous awards in recognition of his role in British photography, including a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society (1990), a Fellowship of the Hassleblad foundation 1993 and an M.B.E (1994).
Case Study: Candida Hofer.
was a student of Bernd and Hilla Becher and was known for her technical perfection and strictly conceptual approach. she was first a portrait photographer, she then began taking images of public buildings such as libraries and town halls.
Her major exhibitions:
in 1975 she showed work in the Konrad Fischer Galerie in Dusseldorf
Her solo exhibitions:
Kunsthalle Basel, Portikus in Frankfurt am main, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Powerplant in Toronto.
Her work was represented by:
Johnen Gallerie in Berlin, Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, Sonnabend Gallery in New York and Kukje Gallery in Seoul.
All of these images represent open public spaces that use natural lighting to show of its features. i feel the main aim in her work is to represent symmetry order and the absence of human life. this creates an eerie feel as you would expect to see them busy. the detail captured in her images is huge never getting to close the the subject to have a main object in focus. she takes each photograph as a direct approach at chest height.
Ansel Adams:
Ansel Adams was born in 1902, and was home schooled due to hyperactivity and possibly dyslexia. due to this he became interested in hiking and walking. when he was 12 he taught himself to play the piano and read music. eventually he gave up music for photography. he started using the Kodak No.1 Box Brownie. he first exhibited his work at the clubs San Fransisco heaquarters. each summer he went on a month long hike trip which attracted up to 200 members.
Adams met the photographer Paul Strand whos images had a powerful impact on strands work and helped him move away from the pictorial style he used in the twenties, and moved on to straight photography. he also met Edward Weston and created the group f/64. the san fransisco deYoung museum gave f/64 an exhibition.
Nick Nunn talk: He is a print journalist and has worked with newspaper photographers for over 30 years. he helps organise the Daily Telegraph and West Midland Gazette, he also does regular lifestyle magazines and reproduces books and bookazines. one of them he published was picture led about the war.
For each article he inserts images on he needs both a landscape and portrait photo to fit with the layout of the paper.
When you insert an image you usually have to come up with a caption but it is not vital that the photographer does this.
If you come across an incident where you have photographed someone with an unusal name you would put (COOR) to show that it has been checked its spelt correctly, this is not only important to the person in the paper but for information retrieval at a later date.
He also talked about snatch photography where you capture images of someone coming out of court, he explained that if your not on court property its fine to take the photos.
He mentioned that the newspapers edit and alter the photos they use but not so its noticable, the main reason to do this is to make the picture fit with the text better. |
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