Category: Photography
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Why I Gave Up Photography to Be an Artist
Early into my photographic education I was confronted by two main ideas: 1. That photography is a language capable of expressing complex ideas through images alone, and 2. That photography could be used for good, by exposing more people to more “truth”. Being a practising rationalist (or at least an aspiring one) I was always…
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Image Commentary
This photograph was taken as a commentary on the ageing process and is intended to show man-made structures and objects in general, as metaphors for man himself. Our eye is immediately drawn to the bright red bricks in the centre of the photo which have been uncovered by the decaying and falling away of the…
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Why I Gave Up Art To Be A Photographer
From a young age I dedicated a significant amount of my time to drawing. I couldn’t tell you how I started, or why I enjoyed it so much, but I guess it just felt natural. My art education consists of being told to copy an object that lay on the table, and at a later…
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Photography For The Blind(ed)
Foreword Photographic imagery is a relatively recent and violent addition to the communication arsenal. Oral traditions that existed for thousands of years have been annihilated by the written word and its successors. Where we once exercised our imagination, we now allow our imaginations to be forcibly restrained and ushered through a series of narrow corridors…