Zowie Hewitt

Monday, June 16, 2014

process of framing, preparing the gallery space and hanging the prints prior to the opening night of our exhibition:Twenty-14, on Thursday 5th June 2014

FMP GATHERING IDEAS

Ralph Gibson (born January 16, 1939)

is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones,

Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt, 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983 was a British photographer and photojournalist. Although born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British society for such magazine as "Lilliput" and "Picture Post", later his distorted nudes, portraits of famous artists and landscapes. He is widely considered to be one of the most important British photographers of the 20th century

Edward Weston –

Edward Henry Weston was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers.

Here are my images inspired by the above ........

Friday, March 28, 2014

FMP ideas

3 Ideas for my FMP

As our Final major project is fast approaching I am starting to come up with ideas. As I would like to go in to the Medical Photography direction I feel I should be bulking out my portfolio with these types of images.

1 - MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY VS EVERY DAY PHOTOGRAPHY.

Why we need the qualifications and professionalism they use in the hospital. Rather than using the patients own images. The ethics behind legal photography.

2 HOSPITAL LEAFLET. –

Another idea was to produce a hospital leaflet with a range of images the clinical photography team do on a daily basis. Like the grounds of the hospital, some arty images of equipment’s like scalpels scissors? And some studio images.

3 CLOSE CROP ABSTRACT BODY PARTS –

I am also going to research in to the evolution of medical photography. Looking at the work of John Coplan. I think the idea of body parts in close crops is very interesting as it turns to a surreal image that isn’t easily recognised or identified.

Hopefully I will be back in the hospital in a few weeks for more ideas and help.

John Coplan

Thomas Florschuetz

Zowie Hewitt Critical Study – (introduction to contemporary practice essay)

Critical Study – (introduction to contemporary practice essay)

For my Contemporary Practice Essay I am going to choose Medical/Clinical Photography as my starting point as it links to my specialist interest. I am going to research into the background and have set my self a question below to explore and expand on.

“ How medical photography has

Evolved from the Victorian days

To the present day”

I am go to explore and evaluate the historical context of medical photography and identify key events. I am going to include critical analysis of historic and contemporary photographers in this field and maybe try and visit a medical museum. I will include the ethics of the Victorian age and in today’s age. Researching…

‘ducheenne 1862 mechanisms of the human face’

John Copland – black & white abstract body parts

Sally Man – husband & children

Eadweard Muybridge – document of body movements

Things to think about?

Do I think the patient in the photographs 100 years ago ever thought they would be made public today?

How have images I have seen had an impact on my own work and ideas?

More historic photographers to research –

Edward Weston – Abstract nudes

Robert Mapplethop – genitals

Bill Brants – nudes

Andrea Kertesz – distorted nudes.