Martin Parr Response

 This is my image in the style of Martin Parr from looking at his work his work it taken just as they are seen and not staged also they have quit a high vibrance.

Martin Parr

Martin Parr (born 24 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at aspects of modern life, in particular provincial and suburban life in England. He is a member of Magnum Photos. 
Parr began work as a professional photographer and has subsequently taught photography intermittently from the mid-1970s. He was first recognised for his black-and-white photography in the north of England, Bad Weather(1982) and A Fair Day (1984), but switched to colour photography in 1984. The resulting work, Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton, was published in 1986. Since 1994, Parr has been a member of Magnum Photos. He has had almost 50 books published, and featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide - including an exhibition at the Barbican Arts Centre, London. In 2007, his retrospective exhibition was selected to be the main show of Month of Photography Asia in Singapore. In 2008, he was made an Honorary Doctor of Arts atManchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in recognition for his ongoing contribution to photography and to MMU's School of Art.

SNOWFLAKE

For this task we was asked to make a paper snow flake and take it out of college and take a picture of them in an odd place here is my image.

John Myers

Myers’ approach is documentary in style, reflecting the taste, self-perceptions and aspirations of the people he photographed. Thus we observe them in their sitting rooms and bedrooms, or in their leisure or work spaces, surrounded by the telling paraphernalia of their daily lives. They pose with deliberate stances and gestures, responding to the sense of occasion engendered by Myers’ use of a Gandolfi plate camera set on a tripod with a dark viewing cloth. As well as domestic interiors, occupied particularly by couples and women, we see the studio where a young girl attends ballet classes, the back yard where a boy plays football and a club where two men play snooker. Myers chose to photograph people who lived within walking distance of his own home, and so he recorded the world as he knew it. A kind of natural history unfolds through Middle England, with its depictions of human life and habitats, significantly as the portraits are shown alongside an exceptional image of a giraffe in a zoo enclosure. This juxtaposition reminds us of the fact that we are shaped by our built environments, as much as we shape them. Myers studied at newcastle university studying fine art and he never took a photo before he brought his 5x4 large format camera.  His influence for his portrait work: August Sander Diane Arbus Lewis Hine  E.J. bellocq His influence for his landscape work: T.H. O'sulliva C.E. Watkins

Erik Knudsen

Erik Knudsen is Professor of Film Practice at the University of Salford in Manchester, UK, where he is currently the Head of The School of Media Music and Performance. He regularly conducts guest workshops at international film schools, such as the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television in Cuba, where he was Head of Editing between 2001 and 2009. He was born in Ghana to a Danish father and Ghanaian mother in 1956. He grew up, and was primarily educated, in Denmark, with a few years of schooling in Britain. After a stint of Law studies at Århus University in Denmark, he then went on to study film production at York University in Toronto, Canada, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Specialist Honours in Film Production in 1983. He returned to Britain in 1984, where he has lived and worked since. He gained his PhD from the University of Salford, 2002.

Amelia Beavis-harrison

Amelia Beavis-Harrison is a curator and artist currently based in Nottingham, UK. This website documents some of the art work and curatorial projects produced since 2007. Amelia initiated and runs Lincoln Art Programme, a live art commissioning body in Lincoln, alongside her freelance work.

Her curatorial practice looks to investigate curating in public environments predominantly with live art. She is interested in the relationships that art work can have within site contexts in a wider environment that may have a direct / organic / conflicting relationship. A strand of her practice looks to explore what curating can be and the function of the curator, investigating the potential of circumstances. Collaboration is a large part of Amelia's curatorial practice and is manifested in varying ways with artists and co-curators being partners in the realisation of projects.

Extreme Text.

For the first part of the text task we had to go out and take pictures of the letters that spelt the word extreme but we could take a picture of the actual letter it had to be of thing made by use or just in the general environment like the floor or poles.

Here is my response:

The first E i used a drain cover.

For the X i used a small drain cover.

For the T i used a sign post.

For the R i used a corner of a metal square.

For the E i used a bench.

For the M i used bricks on the floor.

For the E i used the roof of a church.

For the second part of the task we had to take images of 7 different colours and put them into the text like make one colour an "E" and the next colour an "X" and so on. Here is my response:

Jade Birchnall

Jade Birchnall is currently studying BA (Hons) Photography at Manchester University. Jade used to be a student at Burton and South Derbyshire college, she is now in her third year of a degree in photography at manchester.

Jade began some of her more recent work with portraits of her grandmother, who was recently diagnosed with dementia, she wanted to record her deteriorating mind. With this project Birchnall took along to the photo-shoot a dictaphone, which she told her grandmother was a light-meter, secretly recording her grandmother speaking naturally about her everyday life, showing her forgetfulness. This sound was played whilst the images of her grandmother were shown. This gave the images an added depth, the conversation was very natural and earthy, which matched the style of the images, giving a true representation of her grandmother. The sound recording made the viewing experience much more personal, giving an in-depth insight to the lady's life.

look at other pieces of her work at :

http://jadebirchnallphotography.tumblr.com/ 

Jill Cole

Week-by-Week Plan

Week 1-
Introduction to te brief
Research past winners
Research different types of films.
Week 2-
Gather photographers research
Gather ideas for the brief
Week 3-
Take digital images as practise shoot
Buy film ready for final shoot
Week 4-
Shoot on film and develop film
Week 5-
Re-shoot if need be and develop film
do final prints
Week 6-
Evaluate
Submit images to fuji

Jake Seal

Jake Seal: My name is Jake Seal, and I'm a freelance photographer based in Leeds.
The majority of my work is commercial studio photography, photographing products, people and room sets for catalogues and advertising. When I'm not doing this, I pursue my interests in skateboarding, and music photography.
Originally from sunny Torquay, I studied photography for 5 years, and now have over 6 years professional experience behind me, during which I have worked with a number of independent photographers and major studios across the UK.
My work has been published in local, national and international publications. This has included producing photography for many large retailers, magazines, individual commissions, and promotional material for a range of bands and skate / BMX brands.

James Wakefeild

James Wakefeild: For the last twelve years my interest in photography has developed from a passion into an obsession. I am now 23 years old and have recently completed the legendary photography degree course at Manchester Metropolitan University.
In my lifetime I have amassed a personal photo collection of more than twenty thousand film and digital images. It has only been in the last couple of years, however, that I have begun to consider my future as a professional photographer. The intensity of the degree course made me consider deeply what it is that I want my work to represent.
The projects currently on this website give a good indication of the progression I have made in recent years, and where my work is heading.
My initial obsession with the urban landscape has taken my work in two separate directions. The initial one concerns aesthetic based photography, looking at form and 'beauty' in an urban context; particularly where this relates to architecture, urban decay, and generally the non human aspects of the urban landscape.
The second approach is what I consider to be the most important to my development and recognition as a photographer. Initially my social documentarybased approach was developed through street photography, but as I have realised the restriction of this environment due to its sheer immensity, I have started to concentrate on a true documentary style which involves long term dedicated projects that explore the very essence of the human condition.
The first major project to channel this new direction was completed in America in the summer of 2004. Although the work was shot primarily in the street, it makes a distinct social and political commentary not seen in my previous work. Upon my return to Britain, I spent nine intensive months editing, structuring and self publishing the work into a quality hardback book.
The book has received critical acclaim from the British photographic press and has provided the foundation for a disciplined and considered approach to future projects.
The two other projects that were completed in my final year were a serious challenge not only to my photographic approach but also my attitude to life in general.
My Still Looking and Jane & Debbie projects were specifically designed to take me away from the street environment, but they ended up achieving significantly more than that, and the Jane & Debbie project especially looks to be the most challenging and emotionally involving project I am likely to have ever undertaken. I urge you to explore these projects in more detail on this site.
Now i have completed my degree, I am in the limbo stage between graduation and the real world. I realised a very long time ago that the current approach to my photography is unlikely to make me any money for at least ten years, however, I have refused to allow this to be a barrier to my progression. My work will continue.

The streets: Demonstrates the various approaches I have undertaken towards street photography, in terms of using colour and black and white, film and digital, SLR and rangefinder, and taking into account the styles of several influences to look at the various themes that exist in the street, i.e. the people, the insignificance of the individual, the architecture, the polarisation between rich and poor and the significance of visual imagery and advertising. 

Types of Film

 Black and White
Ultra-high speed black and white film. * Adaptable to a wide range of speeds with excellent push/pull characteristics. * Will process alongside ISO 400 speed film. * Designed for rapid auto-processing..

 Colour Negative
 Wide exposure stability. * Neutral gray balance. * Fine grain quality. * Addition of single channel suitability.

 Instant
Produces high quality identification and proof prints. * Improved response to long exposure under low lights. * Improved light-fading characteristcs. * The lower limit of shooting temperature range has been extended from 15 degrees Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius.

Reversal
 The finest granularity of any 100 ISO film in the world. * Sharper than many 25 ISO rated films. * Smooth, rich and detailed rendition of tones and colours. * Excellent push/pull processing capabilities. * Extended exposure freedom and tolerance.

Initial Ideas

Previous Winners

 Film: Pro 160S
Name: Becky Smith
Title: An eye for an eye will make the world blind

Film: Superia 200
Name: Charlie Bryan
Title: Cave

  Film: Pro 160S
Name: Charlotte McGowan
Title: Eye See You

 Film: Pro 160C
Name: Clélia Maumene
Title: Hello darkness my old friend

Overall Winner

© Clélia Maumene

Newcastle College
Pro 160C

Film: Neopan 400
Name: Richard Sibley
Title: Touch

The Brief

‘Extreme’ encompasses many things: 
Sports, action, adrenalin, weather, wealth, poverty, heat, cold, passion – the list goes on…

The brief is to capture the word ‘Extreme’ in a photograph.

You may decide to shoot a series of images, but the judges will be looking for a single image as the winner. Please feel free to submit your series as single images. There is no limit to the number of entries you can send in. The judges often look for images that stand out from the crowd and really push the creative boundaries. Copy-cat and look-alike shots from previous years or other competitions are not usually given high marks. Take the brief as wide as you like but try to show the benefits of shooting on film, rather than digital. The Fujifilm Student Awards aim to showcase silver halide film at its finest.

Shooting on film encourages a 'quality not quantity' mind set. Aim to get everything right before pressing the shutter; to achieve the perfect image that doesn't require post production.

Experiment too with different emulsions... traditional black and white, black & white CN (C41 process), colour negative and colour transparency. The slower speed of Velvia 50, for example, will provide exceptionally sharp and punchy images capable of great enlargement, whereas high speed emulsions will give a nice grain that can be exploited for effect. Cross and Push processing E6 film is also another great way to achieve something different.