The final visitor talk of the year was from Sian Bonnell, as an experienced individual in the creative industry; Sian went through her own work and journey through her time of being a creative practitioner. In the first of the projects that were mentioned in the lecture, Sian spoke about how she took inspiration from renaissance; this is very interesting as it allowed her to get the subjects to pose in more unusual ways while still focusing her work around something she enjoyed in her day to day life. Bonnell, S. (2011). Manners. Sian Bonnell. https://www.sianbonnell.com/manners/giibo58bybm7h4fq8g8r7a8pdl0r67
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As part of the THD1445 module, it was required that a virtual interim exhibition was created so that the work created could be showcased and feedback could be given. For my show I followed with the theme of 'Isolation II - Self Discovery' in which I was creating a range of self portraiture images in a surrealistic way to express how the additional lockdowns have affected my own mental health. The exhibition can be seen here Building this virtual exhibition was definitely an experience that would be very helpful in the future as the current pandemic situation makes it very uncertain when exhibitions can fully return. I found building the exhibition quite easy and found that I could guide the consumer through them in the way that I want the images to be viewed.
The talk this week was from Amak Mahmoodian. Amak is an artist who was originally born in Shiraz, Iran and is now based in Bristol, UK; her work is known to body the sense of identity as well as home. In this talk, Amak spoke about her personal projects; in a certain project she explored how photography can be used for multiple levels which are official, personal and social. The way she seems to describe this is that if an image was put into these three separate levels, it would be viewed in three different ways; for example, a family photo from the social level would most likely not be up to standard for a official document photo such as a passport. The talk from Amak was interesting as it is not very often these things are thought about as images are normally created with the artists idea in mind. Mahmoodian, A. (n.d). About. Amak Mahmoodian. https://amakmahmoodian.co.uk/About
Todays guest speaker was Carlotta Cardana who describes herself to be 'an Italian editorial and commercial photographer based in London'. Like many other speakers mentioned in this blog, Carlotta described her own personal experience while working through the industry which she mentioned she struggled with at one time due to just picking up commissions that could have bene restricting her creative freedom. Due to this struggle she decided to move back to Europe and take time to work on her personal projects as this would have given her the creative freedom she wanted. This is very helpful to understand as often as a creative, it can be very difficult to have the motivation to create work that especially when you are not always 100% happy with the work; so it is very nice to know that even individuals who are now successful in the field have felt the same way in past times. Cardana, C. (2020). About. Carlotta Cardana. https://carlottacardana.com/about/
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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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