This Wednesday we've got another guest lecturer coming in to give us a speech and luckily we get the photographer Laura Pannack. Previously we've had the picture editor from GQ magazine James Mullinger and the documentary photographer Kalpesh Lathigra.  

I'm excited for this lecture as it's a photographer whose name I've heard of so it'll be good to see the person behind the images I've previously seen in college!


Some images by Laura Pannack:

So, however many months after my end of year exhibition I've discovered that I can upload videos from my iPhone up onto here so I'm now uploading my exhibition (better late than never) and in the coming weeks I'll be taking a few videos on my phone from my weeks around Nottingham and university!

University Update 02/10/2012

The first two modules for my degree are:

•  Critical practise
• Visual practise

 I managed to get to grips with the printer in the library and found out where the photography section of it is in here; it's a very large and confusing building! I am also content with where all of the university buildings are and how to get to them by myself using public transport which is always a good sign.

Next steps for me now are to purchase the books I've been asked to get for my course and to continue attending my lectures and wait for some proper work to begin! I'm also planning on signing up for some sports clubs and societies including Burlesque dancing and the Rock/Alternative music society!

This Friday me and my flat are going to be visiting the Goose Fair which is a popular event in Nottingham so hopefully some pictures will be taken there!

I'll be updating again once I've been to my visual practise lectures and when I have some more information.

update!

Once again it's been a while since I've posted on here however I've got a lot to update on!

I've moved away from Peterborough and I am now living in Nottingham about to start my photography degree at Nottingham Trent University!

All of my photography equipment has moved in from home so I have two shelves covered in the stuff.

My induction for the course starts on Monday then the week after my lectures begin.

I shall be posting more regularly again when I get tasks set and have more photography related news to post about!

Dream Walking

Everybody dreams; when we sleep our imagination runs wild creating scenarios which can be surreal and fantastical. They can even relate to what goes on around our day to day life or induce a feeling of ‘Déjà vu’. However bizarre or ordinary they are, we tend to vividly remember parts of them or have no recollection at all. 

For me photography is an outlet for my own dreams and imagination to become a visualised reality in which I can share with other people. I aim to manipulate natural spaces and transform them, questioning reality. My work is there as a reflection of my own dreams in a finer detail bringing them to life. 

Being inspired and influenced heavily by the work of the American photographer Brooke Shaden whose work explores death and surrealism, I have been inspired for my series of images using every day natural scenes; turning them into dreamlike realms from my dreams. 

After not posting on here for a while and for abusing my blog I'm going to give you all a massive update on what's been going on.

The members in Awkward Noise and Three Point Four managed to pull it all together and get the exhibition up and ready and the preview evening went down smoothly on Tuesday 26th June with a lot of familiar faces and good feedback was received! I will upload all of my images in the series being exhibited in the next few days.

It's also the end of the academic year and a final last minute rush to get all assignments handed in and up to the right grades which hopefully will be done.

All in all, it's been a very busy and productive past few weeks!

This is my latest photo shoot towards my exhibition images which will be on show in two weeks time! Like usual, edits and final images will be uploaded when I can.