I have become quite a fan of rephotography and discovering Klett, Wolfe collaborative works through a lecture given at Falmouth’s face to face event. I have already spoken about the work ‘Yosemite in Time’ where the pair experimented with constructing from the original source photographs into a wider view, collaborating through time and perception. Within … More Looking at Reconstructing the View-Klett and Wolfe

I’m not sure how I came about owning this book but from the title of ‘Structures’ it most probably caught my eye whilst researching and I am most certainly glad I did as the concepts and ideologies around structures are the closest I have found to my own work from contextual point of view, not … More Looking at The Structures of Things Then-David Goldblatt

I ordered this book after viewing the Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe lecture at the Falmouth Face 2 Face event. I wanted to view this body of work in its publication form as to get a feel for the project in its entirety. Yosemite is a place that sees many passes by, this site has … More Looking at Yosemite in Time – Klett and Wolfe

This collaborative work came to my attention after watching a Tate Youtube video in which I purchased the book shortly after. John Burke captured the second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878-1880, he produced small albums and prints in which he sold to the general public. Norfolk says when a curator at National Media Museum “first showed … More Looking at Burke & Norfolk

This is an interesting and substantial book displaying a vast amount of imagery that takes us on a journey through the Western Front (and other regions) of Battlefields of WW1. Whilst researching WW1 centenaries I can across this book from the website http://www.fieldsofbattle1418.org/photographer.html which covers the project extensively. My project does not document the direct … More Looking at Fields of Battle Lands of Peace – Michael St Maur Sheil

I came across this guidebook ‘Before Endeavours fade’ by Rose E. B. Coombs whilst researching practitioner Michael St Maur Sheil. This publication is also mentioned in the essays by Val Williams Warworks, which you can find the post here. I was intrigued how Michael St Maur Sheil used this book as a reference point to … More Looking at Before Endeavours Fade – Rose Coombs

This book came as a recommendation from my tutor last module. Val Williams’ collective essays discuss not only war reportage but other kinds of photography such as family portraits, guide book illustrations and photo series. Within the introduction Williams says “When we see a photo-story about war, we subliminally anticipate a number of visual elements- … More Looking at Warworks – Val Williams