Here, I have collated my thoughts while making my first iteration of my artist's statement, which I expect to be further refining over the SYP course. The artist's statement itself follows my considerations and concerns while writing it.
There is an element my work and the work of Pelle Cass, Peter Funch, Danny Santos, Chris Dorley-Brown and to a certain degree Allan Grainger share in common. This is that they are composites made up of images taken in the same location but at different points in time. This differs from a lot of other digital composites where the source material for the composite is derived from different locations and points in time.
This post is an update on what I've been up to in SYP. It is probably more useful for me as a marker for the progress I've made since starting but also for anybody interested in how I'm getting on.
In this post I will look at writing a bio and any challenges I faced in the process. I have considered my Unique Selling Point (from a creative standpoint) as well as language used to present myself both professionally, yet not too formally.
On the 7th March 2021 I attended for the first time the Focus Live study hangout group. This is a group for peers to give feedback on each others' work, whatever level they are on in their studies. There is also a tutor preset to add further feedback. I found this to be a fantastic experience, talking about my own work and listening to my peers' feedback. It was very convenient for me with Sustaining Your Practice because I could present my work to an audience, articulating my thoughts in the process, as well as look forward to how I might best present the project. However, it wasn't a totally self-indulgent process - I also got a lot from hearing how other people's projects are coming on!
I recently discovered a podcast called Candela: Photography and Cinematography Masters which I've found offers some thought-provoking topics as well as interviewing photography and cinematography masters as the name suggests. There was an interesting snippet on a Candela podcast where Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton were discussing: When does a photo become digital art?
Johnathan Hall 