Photograd Instagram Takeover

So, this week, I have taken over the PhotoGrad Instagram. Majority of my posts were photos from my series 'Joan' as this is the main body of work that I have recently completed. I planned my posts and captions the day before and was ready to post the following day. Mon-Wed I focused on photographs from 'Joan'. Then on the Thursday I posted photos from my older project 'Family Album'. And finally,...

Photograd Open 2018

So pleased to announce that my photo book 'Joan' is going to be part of an exhibition run by Photograd at the London Metropolitan University as part of Photomonth! The exhibition is on from the 16th - 29th November, in the Atrium Gallery at London Metropolitan Uni. If you're around, pop in for a look, there are some talented photographers included and an interesting range of projects. Find a...

Photograd // Highly Commended Artist 2018.

Since graduating University, I have been submitting my work in various places. One of the places I submitted work to was the photograd PGZ2018 zine. As well as selecting work for the printed zine, they also selected some standout work to be featured on the photograd blog. I submitted work from 'Joan' which was my final major project. Getting the email back, I'm happy to say I was on the list...

Graduate Exhibition // 2018.

On friday, our graduate exhibition opened. Previous to this was a week that we were putting the work up. I was in at the beginning of the week when the space was empty, and I also came in a few days during the end of the week. From doing this, I found it interesting to see the change in the space from day to day as more work was being put up. With each piece of work that were being displayed, it...

Entry for the BJP Portrait of Britain Award 2018.

I spotted on social media that it was coming up to the Deadline of the Portrait of Britain Award that the BJP holds every year. With University coming to an end, I want to keep looking and entering my work in as many competitions that are suitable as I can. Competitions are a great way to get your work out there, and even if you don't win, specific people within the industry are still seeing your...

CV workshop and Careers Meeting // 2

Laura had come in to run a CV writing workshop. This had some really useful information as I hadn't really had to think much about a CV coming straight from Sixth form to University. She gave us some tips on what to put on our CV's and how to write them in a way that appeals to the employer.  Targeting is Key - When applying for a job, we need to adapt our CV to specific features to match...

Creating a Website

The idea of creating a website has been with me for a while now, but I've never really known where to start and also wasn't fully happy with the work I was creating. Finishing second year I had created a few series of work that I was really happy with and knew would sit nicely on a website. Going through third year has also created my Final Major Project which again would take up space on...

Sequencing and Dummy Book no2

Thinking about my final display for the Graduate Exhibition, A book accompanying my work on the wall would work well in showing a bigger picture. My project had various different areas that all link, yet this can not be shown on a wall so a book is a perfect way to include the various elements. With this in mind, I began to spend time with my images I had printed and started experimenting with...

Alumni Review Day // 2

Today we had another group of Alumni come in and have tutorials with us about our final major projects, we could discuss ideas for the Graduate show and any areas that need developing etc. Sam Welburn: I booked a tutorial with Sam as I had one with him on the first Alumni Day last year so thought it would be interesting to re visit now my project has developed has he has seen it before....

Careers Meeting // 1

Today was my first Careers Meeting. Although meeting with the career staff a few times throughout my course, I had never booked an appointment for a meeting, as I am unsure what to do after graduation which is coming up quickly, I decided it would be a useful place to start for information and next steps. I was aware I could get a job or apply for a masters but wanted to know each of the different...

Final Interim Show

This week we put up our final interim before the Graduate show. This was a chance to test the images that we could potentially select for the final show and to test layouts for displaying them.  I chose 4 close up portraits of my Grandmother and placed them so that they all fit together with the beam of light that runs through them. I also selected 6 smaller images that I took of objects...

Exhibition Fundraising // Bake Sale

Today, we had a table in the student central to run a bake sale. This were to raise funds to contribute to our final graduate show and catalogue. I contributed by baking cupcakes and also boxing slices of cake for people to take away. Then I also stayed and helped my peers to sell as much as we could! It was a good day switching from sat at the table to walking round with trays of treats in order...

Rachel Brown // Work Review

This friday we had a group tutorial with Rachel Brown. Rachel is an artist and is currently working on a solo show. As well as being the photography director of Harpers Bazaar and Town & Country. This was the first time I had met Rachel as I didn't make it to her last review so I took recent work, and also a few from Term 1 so she could see my project from the various approaches I have done...

Adrian Davies // Talk

Adrian Davies came in to talk to us this week. As well as doing his own practice within photography, he is also interested in the photo book. His work has been exhibited and published in numerous locations, as well as gaining experience he has also been a Lecturer at Leeds. Throughout his talk, he spoke about his own practice. From photographs, to using google maps to produce a project. He said...

Owen Harvey Talk // Metro Imaging

This week Owen Harvey came in to talk about his practice from graduating 5 years ago up until now. His work focuses interest in youth and subculture, and on the notion of individual identity and social groups.  View his work here. He spoke specifically about his work he was showing to us, which was an insightful look into some of the thought processes and inspiration behind his series....

BERLIN // Galleries

C/O BERLIN The first exhibition we went to view was the Joel Meyerowitz 'Why Colour? Retrospective' and it's got to be one of my favourite exhibitions I have been to. The work was beautiful and was the type of work that as a viewer, I could of spent all day in there looking around at more than once. They were presented simply in frames against a black wall, yet every photograph was amazing...

BERLIN TRIP

From the 15th to 17th, a group of us went on a trip to Berlin for 3 days. In the 3 days, we visited galleries and landmarks and overall, had a great time.  Day 1: We got straight there, arrived at the hotel and went straight back out. We walked around to take in the sites and general environment of Berlin. Along the way we visited the Reichstag Building, the Brandenburg Gate, walked through...