Name
of School Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Course
Title FD Photographic Media Module
Title
Research Methods
Tutor
Katy Suggitt
Research
Methods
1.
Assess theoretical approaches to research
2.
Discuss methodology and methods of research
3.
Outline and report data analysis strategies
4.
Identify and produce a research proposal
Weighting:
100%
Word
Count/Equivalent 1,500 words This must be uploaded onto TurnItIn via
Moodle.
Proposal
for a subsequent research project focusing on an
aspect
of photography history, genre or movements
(such
as social documentary or ‘new topography’). 60%
Word
Count/Equivalent Presentation where findings are
discussed
in a seminar with other peers.
The
presentation should conclude with questions and answers. 40%
Deadline
for Submission w/c 14th May 2013
Brief
The
reading you have undertaken during reading week will help to inform
the introduction to this brief: Pages 10 – 25 Fox, A. &
Caruana, .N (2012) Behind The Image, Research In Photography (Basic
Creative Photography) Ava Academia
You
will consider the purpose and nature of research for photographers.
Photography is a research tool in itself – you can discover and
explore a subject by photographing it in different ways; You also
need to undertake research as background and preparation for you work
as a photographer.
This
can take many forms – understanding the history of the medium; the
work of practitioners past and present and the social, cultural or
geographic context of the subject matter you are photographing.
Your
aim is to become familiar with the tools and terminology of research
- hypotheses, research questions, literature reviews, data collection
– primary and secondary research; research methods qualitative and
quantitative plagiarism and ethics;
You
will then put together a research proposal of your own into as aspect
of photography which will benefit your own emerging practice.
The
proposal will comprise of background research and a self‐determined
brief for a practical project. There will be the opportunity in Year
2 to undertake this proposal.
There
are strong links between the learning from Module 07 Contextual
Studies key lectures that develop a student’s detailed
historical/contemporary subject knowledge.
Submission
Instructions:
- A blog or file with supporting studies;
- A presentation of your proposal that will be shown in class;
- A 1500 written proposal as a summary of your presentation; You will include a bibliography and Harvard referencing should be used throughout.
An
excellent research proposal will be a well researched project that
you can feasibly undertake as the basis for your Year 2 Individual
Practice. The presentation will engage the interest of the group to
follow your progress as the project develops.
Using the book Behind the image, using chapter 1 Planning, answer the following questions:
The
article outlines the following as significant aspects of any research
project How and Why is each of these an important factor to consider?
- Title
- Topic/Theme
- Audience (context) E.g Picture essay/Exhibition
- Approach/Method (type of film/camera, lighting/processes)
- Getting in (permission)
- Proposal/funding (see ArtJobs)
- Timeline
- Budget
Where
did the earliest recordings of photography histories arise from –
name two continents.
What
other histories and cultural perceptive might also be considered.
What
is a “diaspora”? Why is this mentioned?
When
or why would you refer to a monograph? Find three titles as an
examples from the “Amazon” booksellers website.
How
are obituaries useful? Find an example and provide details.
Evaluate
the potential of these three recommended sites/publications as
research sources.
Go
in detail about how they can help you, the practitioner.
Photoworks
– http://www.photoworks.org.uk
Aperture
– http://www.aperture.org/
Select
a project by each of the following photographers and consider if/how
1-8 apply.
Shadi
Ghadirian
Ellie
Davies
Steffi
Klenz
The
authors of the article – Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana are both
practising photographers, look at their work for examples of well
researched practise.
Post
your answers to these questions with (credited) visual examples of
the photographers whose sites you have visited – and any other
thoughs you have about the article – on your blog.
Independent
Media -
Facebook
is over. Find out the potential of Twitter for research and
networking;
#Photography
@bbcollege
Browse categories e.g art and design, technology.
Title
“A
title is vital and reviles more about your project than you may
imagine”. It points people in the right direction as to how you
want your work to come across and what it stands for.
Topic/Theme
“The
subject, topic or theme is the most significant part of the
proposal”.... “you need to clearly explain what you intend to do
– giving as much relevant information as possible about the
subject, how you will approach making the photographs and how you
will expect the project to develop”. Something that has stuck with
me is a saying “A simple idea, really well done”.
Audience
“Consider
where you would like your finished work to exist in the world. Is it
an exhibition? A publication? A public artwork? A picture essay to be
published in a magazine or something else entirely? To do this
effectively, you need to consider how each context might give the
work a different meaning”.
Approach/Method
“A
proposal should detail your approach to making the work and the
different methods you will explore during the project. This can be
lists of camera, lighting and the processing that you might use”.
Getting
in
“Laws
governing who and where you can photograph differ from country to
country and you should always be sure that you know the law before
attempting to take photographs in public or private spaces. The parts
of your proposal that describe your subject, and also the content you
are placing the work into, will be the most relevant to an
organisation or individual that you need to get permission from”.
Proposal/funding
“Potential
sources of funding include government art bodies, private funders,
grant-giving bodies and trusts, awards and commercial sponsors or
partners” .... “Some funder ask for a written proposal only,
other may request visual examples of your work”.
Timeline
and Budget
“They
need evidence that you have the ability to sensibly plan a project
both in terms of time and money that is available. A project has to
be achievable within its budget and time line”. They do say to over
reach for time and money, just to allow for hiccups or anything that
arrises.
Where
did the earliest recordings of photography histories arise from –
name two continents.
“Long
before the first photograph was made, a Chinese philosopher Mo Ti and
Greek mathematicians Aristotle and Euclid described a pin hole camera
in the 4th and 5th centuries BC”.
What
other histories and cultural perceptive might also be considered
What
is a “diaspora”? Why is this mentioned?
“Through
the growth of various diasporas, knowledge about photography and it's
histories is becoming a global subject.”
Definition
of diaspora
noun
(the
diaspora)
the
dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.
Jews
living outside Israel.
the
dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland: the
diaspora of boat people from Asia
people
who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland: the
Ukrainian diaspora flocked back to Kiev
It
means that people are travailing outside of their own land to new
countries and cultures, which means that there is an exchange of
cultures and histories. It
means for example, that the only perspective on photography is not
taught just from a British and American point of view. We can look
further afield and learn about the eastern and southern view points
and how they developed and used this technology.
When
or why would you refer to a monograph? Find three titles as an
examples from the “Amazon” booksellers website.
Definition
of monograph
noun
a
detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect
of it: they
are publishing a series of monographs on music in late medieval and
Renaissance cities
verb
[with
object]
write
a monograph on; treat in a monograph: Meissner
first monographed the plant in 1826
Origin:
early
19th century (earlier monography):
from modern Latin monographia,
from monographus
'writer on a single genus or species'http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/monograph?q=monograph
In
referencing these types of books, you would do so when looking into a
specific genre deeply, examples that came up on Amazon are;
,
and
How
are obituaries useful? Find an example and provide details.
…...........
Evaluate
the potential of these three recommended sites/publications as
research sources.
Go
in detail about how they can help you, the practitioner.
Photoworks
– http://www.photoworks.org.uk
Aperture
– http://www.aperture.org/
The
authors of the article – Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana are both
practising photographers, look at their work for examples of well
researched practise.
Post
your answers to these questions with (credited) visual examples of
the photographers whose sites you have visited – and any other
thoughts you have about the article – on your blog.
26th March
Jennifer
Nicholls research proposal
- A question or titleAims.
- To explore street photography past and present and create a body of work which……..
- Relationships expressed in the street?
- Movement (blur) Dynamism?
- People in a rush/laid back? - How time is spent?
- Historical landmarks?
- The people that make the place?
- Gatherings of people, Pubs/Groups with specific aims.
- Notice boards (regarding what is happening in the community).
- Dynamism with historical landmarks/statues. How the past stands still and can sometimes be unearthed and how it still moves us and fascinates some, how the past is till alive in all of us.
- How time is spent / relationships expressed in the street. How/if people are different in different situations (hard to capture)
- Gatherings and notice boards in towns/villages. How the community interact, what type of people take advantage of the skills and interaction of others.
- - Objectives.
(To
take the light available to create the mood of the times) Time of the
day and weather conditions will be a factor in the mood. To take
pictures in certain days to represent express life in the area at
this time, peoples experience.
Spend
a day at these monuments to take a series of images to present and
publish. Research the significance of the monuments and the impact on
modern life and how we have turned out as a result of this. Values on
life and how we regard each other use the space we have had designed
for us. Slight defiance; in the paths we are set out in parks and the
path we actually take (of lease resistance).
Never
crop. True to form, no editing, maybe use a film camera also.
- Rationale.
Go to town halls and find out
landmarks of the towns I don’t know and distance from that
location, to determine practicality of a daily shoot.
- - Review of literature.
(your
research) see The ‘L.E.T.’ project in Blackburn ‘Liberating
Empty Terrain’
Who
are the key practitioners in this field past and present? Include
examples of their work and discuss what makes their work powerful.
How
does it make you feel?
Does
it conjure up any associations or meanings?
Is
it recognizable (landmarks)?
How
has the medium been exploited technically?
-
Methodology.
Candid?
Engagement
with the public..? / Community idea
Learn
from the photographers you’ve researched what different approaches
they take to get results – equipment? Position?
- - Consideration of access issues and ethics.
- Current debates about permission to shoot in public places (see BJP)
- -
Predicted time allocations for stages of the project;
- References (bibliography)
- British Journal of Photography
- Association Of Photographers
Tuesday 30/04/13
My presentation
RATIONALE –
·
Richard
presented this picture during a presentation on places and showed this
picture by Walker evans he told the
story behind it about how this particular picture could have been was taken
from a monument.
·
I really
liked this picture and the story behind it and thought this could be a great
starting point of a series of images.
AIMS –
·
To
create a body of work which explores use of space centered around monuments and
landmarks in towns and cities
·
To show
how people are in a variety of public places, the relationships expressed in
the street, the spaces that are used and how time is spent
·
To
record the people that makes the place and also to find the minimalist in busy
settings
Objective –
·
I am
going to go to Preston, Burnley, Blackburn and Rochdale to take photographs
from the monument. Preston and Burnley because I have never been there and I
would be bring the fresh eyes and Accrington and Rochdale as they are quite
familiar to see what I can bring to them.
·
I want to
try and capture movement using a pin-hole film camera, with the hopes that the
slow shutter speed will reveal more about the space and how it is used.
Methodology -
·
How I would go about it. Spend about an hour or two at each monument
no matter the weather. The more diverse weather the better, as it would show
different moods in the lighting and expression of the space used and who uses
it. I will be taking out
my Nikon, Samsung hand held and my pinhole camera, for reasons that will be
established once the work is complete.
·
Consideration of access issues and ethics. Candid so hopefully I
will not be noticed.
·
Current debates about permission to shoot in
public places.
Found on http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm
- Police officers continue to have the power to stop
and search anyone who they reasonably suspect to be a terrorist under
Section 43 of the Terrorism Act.
- Photography and Section 43 of the Terrorism Act
2000
- Officers have the power to stop and search a person
who they reasonably suspect to be a terrorist. The purpose of the stop and
search is to discover whether that person has in their possession anything
which may constitute evidence that they are a terrorist.
- Officers have the power to view digital images
contained in mobile telephones or cameras carried by a person
- Officers do not have the power to delete digital
images or destroy film at any point during a search.
- But basically, if you are in a public place, one can
say anything. It's when you start to creep onto private places without
permission that you start to run into trouble.
·
Never crop. True to form, no editing. What it sees is what you get. And would be hard to
do on film photos but I am wondering whether or not to cross process them?
Research –
Where
this started, Martin Parr and William Eggleston, who practiced democratic
photography traveling through Britain and America taking pictures of spaces and
little details that people in the area would have missed. Showing the impact of
man in an area but not always showing man themselves.
That
is ment to say “ It’s huge. Obvious but yet obscure and hidden: a space that is
taken for granted.
Another
look at space and how it is used was done by Jenny Steele
Desire Lines 2012
'Observation of Desire Lines'.
Series of drawings observing daily movements and collaborative drawing with
members of the public in Preston Market Square. Commission for In Certain
Places and Preston Remembers, 2012. Exhibited in Harris Museum and Art Gallery,
Preston, July 2012.
This project is similar to mine
as it looks into how we regard the
space we have had designed for us. Slight defiance; in the paths we are set out
in parks and the path we actually take, the path of least resistance.
My project requires a little more
research in regards to monuments that exist in Preston and Burnley, as I have
never been there and more in Rochdale and Blackburn as I know the main one in
these regions and would maybe be nice to find the less known ones as well.
Next Slide
Artists that I have found on Magnum
website.
Raghu
Rai who
intentionally went to an extremely busy location and I believe he planned to
capture these two men sat reading the paper while the rest of the world carried
on and rushes around them. Using a slow shutter speed (yet probably quicker
than what I will be using) it gives you an element of how rushed and the
orderly chaos that controls each of our lives, yet not the two men in the
middle who take things in their stride, minding their own business.
Peter
Marlow's
commuters also gives you this sense of being rushed but in a less intense way
with two women going against the grain, I do not know how the woman in the
white coat is in such perfect focus whilst everyone is so blurry though?
Carl
De Keyzer has
also captured what I would like to archive but I doubt that I will capture the
one person not in motion up so close (unless i'm extremely lucky).
The ideal
photograph would be more like Louis Daguerre's, with the one lone person
stood for just long enough to be captured while the rest of the world was to
busy traveling to their destination. There is a very weird sense of emptiness
yet with purpose about this photograph. I like this picture as everything but
the man stood is in motion and therefore missed in the capture of time.
But my
photograph would probably be more like the others, with a mess of ghosting
people all the way thorough out.
Review of literature -
I have
had a read a book that covers everything I need to explore this field and is so
far my go to book for everything.
100
Ideas that changed photography
Published
in 2012 by
Laurence
king publishing Ltd
Author -
Mary Warner Marien
Recommended
by Richard
It has a
section on - street photography, Pinhole cameras and The photographers eye.
Talks
about the happen chances that happen everyday day on the streets and trying to
capture the surreal also that “street photography tends to transform the
viewer into voyeurs, who tacitly invoke the same guilt-free looking as the
photographer”. Which is what I am after as it will look past all the other
people and focus on that one ((fingers crossed)) that is still.
A quote
from this is “Alas, photoshop can also take your snap and instantly give it
the look of a pinhole image, ignoring the cardinal rule of pinhole photograph:
things take as long as they take”. Which I like as the process waits for
no-one who does not have time for it.
The
Photographers eye was the one more interesting to me as it talks about John
Szarkowski and how he “looked at five interrelated elements that
distinguished photography from the other arts”.
“Perhaps
the most influential is – 'the thing itself' This encompasses the idea
that a photograph was a picture, not an equivalent of reality.
“The
second characteristic, 'the detail', referred to the forceful clarity
photographs can achieve, along with the idea that a photographic image can only
a fragment of reality”.
“The
central act of choosing and eliminating material was called 'the frame',
which worked in tandem with another element, 'time', which the medium
could uniquely stop and study”.
“The
last element, 'the vantage point', allowed photographers to choose their
own point of view”.
Notes from people
Richard did not like it to be called "street photography" so from now on it will be referred to as "Democratic".
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