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Exercise – Street Photography Now Project

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For this exercise I have to chose one of the topics posted by the Street Photography Now Project in 2010 and create a small portfolio of five black & white images. I delayed doing this exercise for some time as I thought it would be easier to complete once lockdown restrictions were lifted. As if happens my plan was somewhat thwarted by the weather which discouraged people from being out and about when I tried taking pictures for the exercise. The topic I chose was set by Gary Anderson in week 37 of the challenge and it was Surrealism Now! … Continue reading Exercise – Street Photography Now Project

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Photovoice

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Photovoice describes its vision and mission as: PhotoVoice’s vision is for a world in which everybody has the opportunity to represent themselves and tell their own story. Our mission is promote the ethical use of photography for positive social change, through delivering innovative participatory photography projects. By working in partnership with organisations, communities, and individuals worldwide, we will build the skills and capacity of underrepresented or at-risk communities, creating new tools of self-advocacy and communication. Photovoice.org Photovoice operates both in the UK and internationally and uses photography as this is the quickest and easiest way for individuals to document the … Continue reading Photovoice

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Research point – Post colonial ethnography

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Do your own research into the bodies of work discussed in this project. Can you find any examples of work carried out amongst indigenous peoples that, in your view, honestly document the lives of their subjects without falling into some of the traps that we’ve been discussing here? If so, how has the photographer achieved this? The works discussed in the course notes high-light some of the common pitfalls that western photographers failed to avoid when photographing non-white subjects. These include: Romanticism, particluarly the idea of the ‘noble savage’ or ‘primitive beauty’ De or recontextualisation, removing the subject from their … Continue reading Research point – Post colonial ethnography