Ethics Seminar

For our group presentation, we chose philosophy as our method. We wanted to focus in on one specific branch of philosophy so we decided to look at ethics surrounding animal rights. To start with we thought it would be best to give ourselves a question, even if this changed slightly. This is what we came…

Week 4: History and Theory of Art

Well, I wish I had something to say for this week but unfortunately, I missed this lecture. As I am not a part-time student I am not allowed access to the audio recording of the lecture (trust me I asked) so here’s everything I learned from your one hundred and twenty-three pages on powerpoint that…

Week 6: Gallery Visit, Discussions on Photography

Photography is a visual form of expression, it differs from art in many ways, but at the same time, they both share many defining features. The biggest differentiating factor between the two is that art is a visual expression while photography is a visual copy. Both depend on the artist/photographers perception to create a unique…

Edgar Martins at the Purdy Hicks Gallery

On Thursday, I visited the Purdy Hicks Gallery for a talk with Edgar Martins. Martins was discussing work from two of his recent projects which are being exhibited there. Work from ‘Silloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes’ from 2017 and ‘What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase’ from 2018, while…

Week 5: History- Methodical Contextualisation

Today we looked at how impactful history is at placing an image within its context and thereby giving it a more powerful message. Every photograph, every artwork, every sculpture is a product of its time and probably would have never come about if the artist wasn’t exposed to the same social, political, economical and cultural…

Week 3: The Shape of Light

On Monday we visited the exhibition “The Shape of Light” at the Tate Modern, curated by Simon Baker, which looks at work from 1910 up to the present day. There was a combination of abstract art and photography presented alongside one another which worked really well and provided a balance to the exhibition, showing how…

Week 2: Philosophy and Photography

Philosophy helps us in analyzing photography by making us think more in-depth about areas in which we can discuss. It is quite hard to give a purpose to Philosophy, is it just lots of people asking questions? Do they ever come to a conclusion? However, there are some important topics that are widely overlooked and…

Week 1: Methodology

A methodology can be used when analysing an image to help to stay within the constraints of the subject you are discussing. For example, some of the methods to explore are history, photography theory, psychoanalysis, philosophy, globalisation theory, post-colonialism, art theory, gender theory, urban theory, environmental theory and fashion theory, and within each of these methods there would be sub-methods…