This weeks talk was given by Francis Augusto who is a London based photographic artist who describes his own work to be 'specialising in capturing humans in honest moments.' In this lecture, Francis spoke about multiple subjects including his own journey and work through the industry, the relationship between the artist and the subject, representation in the creative field etc. At the start of the talk Francis explained that he had not always been a photographer and originally started his career being a youth club volunteer and overall a youth worker; he then went into the research sector and became a researcher just before he started his initial career in photography. Francis described that he didn't want his work to be the most technically advanced as he wanted to use the documentary style to show true feelings and expressions of the subject that he was photographing; this can also relate to the part of the talk about the relationship that is created between the artist and the subject as Francis seemed to portray the idea that letting the subject be comfortable and natural with the photographer was very important. As a way to show representation and diversity in his work, Francis stopped individuals in the street and asked them if they would like to be photographed; this is a very good way of gaining diversity in a photography practice especially for documentary photographers as there is more likely to be a larger range of everyday people on the street, this technique of gaining models can also allow the images to be a lot more natural. Augusto, F. (n.d). Overview. Francis Augusto. https://www.francisaugusto.co.uk/overview
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In this second session with Sophie Traynor, she took multiple questions off of students in the call which included questions about essential kit and what was needed post graduation; when answering this question she explained that over expensive and top quality kit wasn't needed straight out of graduation as it would become more of an investment as progression in the field occurred, this was very similar when speaking about renting studio spaces.
Another topic that was brought up was about booking models as a photographer with a smaller presence; when speaking on this topic Sophie gave a good description of what test shoots were and explained how it wasn't very necessary to pay a lot for model bookings at this point in the career unless desperate to work with them. Overall, this second talk with Sophie Traynor was very helpful as she answered a lot of questions in full detail and removed any confusion about becoming a freelance photographer that would have been present before the talk. The next talk received was from Sebah Chaudhry who is one of the co-founders and co-directors of the company 'ReFramed' Which aims to create a network for all people of colour that are interested in creative subjects such as photography; Sebah also describes her job role to be a freelance creative producer. In her talk, sebah spoke about how important connections were in the industry and how creating numerous networks was very helpful when progressing into a successful career in the creative industry. Another piece of advice given in the lecture was that being part of collectives such as 'ReFramed' helped create more opportunities and work as an upcoming photographer; the act of setting up briefs both personal and collective was also discussed as this is a efficient way of keeping on top of work and creating new pieces. ReFramed. (2020). About. ReFramed. https://www.reframed.uk/about
The first talk of the day was given by Simon Weldon, in this talk he spoke about his own personal practice which was conducted as part of a masters degree. The project that was spoke about showed the relationship between Simon and his father through the use of archival imagery; a lot of which was shot to document Simon's personal life at the time.
This talk; like previous mentioned in the blog showed that photography projects can be very personal and sometimes difficult to express to an audience as each consumer will gain a different idea about each image shown so, images that were intended to be seen in a certain way could portray a completely different message to someone else. As a previous speaker of the course, I have always found Rachel Browns work and practice very interesting. She explains her way through her career in this lecture and speaks about experiences she has had while shooting for projects such as 'Simulations' which she constructed between the years 2014-2018 in the areas of Palm Beach during her stay at an artist residency. From her first talk with our course in previous years, Rachel allowed me to discover and gain interest in the idea of residency projects; these types of projects are very interesting as they allow the photographer to gain access into places that may have otherwise been inaccessible. https://www.rachel-brown.com/projects Another thing that I found interesting when researching more into Rachels work was the layout of her website. Similar to these of Silvana and Nicole, she chose to keep a very minimalistic approach when creating the website which is something I have aimed to do with my own; this allowed the images to speak for themselves and was quite easy to follow along with each project as a consumer. Brown, R. (2008-2020). Projects . Rachel Louise Brown. https://www.rachel-brown.com/projects
When creating the final website, I first researched into a few already successful photographers own pages; many of which were part of our guest speaker lectures. These included:
Trevale, S. (2016-2017). Nosotras. Silvana Trevale. http://silvanatrevale.com/nosotras
Jopek, N. (2020). Beauty. Nicole Jopek. http://www.nicolejopek.com/beauty Brown, R. (2014-2018). Projects - Simulations. Rachel Louise Brown. https://www.rachel-brown.com/projects#/simulations/ Augusto, F. (n.d). Portraiture. Francis Augusto. https://www.francisaugusto.co.uk/portraiture Hurley, H. (2021). Beauty. Hazel Hurley. https://www.hazelhurley.co.uk/test Jade, L. (n.d). Beauty. Lara Jade. https://www.larajade.com/beauty A lecture given by Jack Latham who is a UK based photographer, explained how his practice allows him to make many mistakes and express these creatively. In the talk he explains about his times in places such as America in which he spent a month living in his car travelling across multiple states to overall shoot imagery for his photo-book 'A Pink Flamingo'; this project experience from Jack can express that photographers can face difficulties to get the imagery they want. In another part of the lecture, Jack spoke about competitions and funding that could be received when giving proposals for projects; this explained the importance of giving the consumer a good initial idea of what you are wanting to achieve in each photography project, as funding and competitions can be very good for networking purposes. Latham, J. (2020). About. Jack Latham. https://www.jacklatham.com/info/about
Latham, J. (2020). Home. Jack Latham. https://www.jacklatham.com |
AuthorKatie Wingrove is a small photographer based around the area of South Yorkshire, she is currently conducting her final year of study at the University of Huddersfield. Archives
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