Monthly Archives: October 2013
Exercise 17: The user’s Viewpoint
This was an interesting exercise in which, instead of taking a picture of another person doing something, I had to take a photograph from the ‘doer’ of the action’s viewpoint. As the course material says, “For this exercise, choose two or three buildings or spaces designed for a particular activity that is undertaken from a […]
Exercise 16: Exploring Function
This section of People and Place focuses on Space and Function….. “this is not about architectural photography. Instead, it is about structures as an extension of human activity and as being ‘usable’”. I’ve taken a it of a break from the course exercises themselves to focus on more reading and background to help me with […]
The Cruel Radiance – Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
From the beginning of my studies with the OCA, I’ve felt that I just haven’t had enough time to do everything I have to do. Where does one fit taking the photographs, writing the exercises up on the blog, reading about other aspects of photography, blogging that, and having time to assimilate what one has […]
Robert Capa
‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.’ It would eventually be his belief in this that lead Robert Capa to his death in Vietnam in May 1954 when he stepped on a landmine whilst trying to take a photograph of French soldiers retreating. The life of the man whom most people believe […]