tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post1808709710280668583..comments2024-03-27T07:13:03.941+00:00Comments on The Marmalade Cafe: Personalised landscapemarmaladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391253482055150718noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-79877718528621936202012-01-31T12:16:04.376+00:002012-01-31T12:16:04.376+00:00Hi Jeremy. I also saw Callahan's images in the...Hi Jeremy. I also saw Callahan's images in the Guardian and was inspired by them too...and the process you mention seems a sensible approach. Several years back I spent over a year prolifically photographing the beauty of the Lakes...yet ultimately it was an empty ambition as I derived no pleasure from taking or even looking at them...apart from the fact I took them, I found no way of making connections with them...I didn't own the land, the sunsets or the milky waters and conversely I didn't belong to them either. And so they hung on my walls and irritated me...and this is why I ask these questions. I don't want to take another picture of Ashness Bridge or the Langdale Pikes - they have almost become a stereotype of themselves...and creatively it is extremely difficult to move away from the default. <br /><br />And as you say there is nothing wrong with doing what has been done before at all...to a certain extent, we are all imitating, copying or inspired by what has come before... And whilst Jennifer Hudson, Baruth and the others may not be yours or my cup of tea, they do offer a slightly different view of the landscape. For me at least, I hope to find a way of photographing a landscape that feels less 'generic' in the hope that at the very least, I may glean some pleasure from taking and indeed looking at them afterwards, which I have failed to do so far...<br /><br />Thanks for commenting Jeremy.marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391253482055150718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-47166423333765283332012-01-30T20:19:03.306+00:002012-01-30T20:19:03.306+00:00Isn't the process the same as elsewhere - take...Isn't the process the same as elsewhere - take some pictures, do some reading, look at other landscape photographers and gradually your direction will emerge? Before I started the course I worshipped at the altar of Ansel Adams - the landscape as pristine wilderness thing. Now I am developing an obsession about people in the landscape - and having done that you see things that relate to it, for instance I saw this in the Guardian on Saturday http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jan/27/big-picture-harry-callahan-eleanor-barbara#/?picture=384773839&index=0 - magnificent.<br />Marc Baruth see rather pretentious to me and whilst Jennifer Hudson is technically brilliant I don't get it but that might be me. I do like your picture at the top of the page though - just because its been done before doesn't necessarily take away from it does it?Jeremyhttp://jeremyabrahamsphotography.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-5563954622450496352012-01-25T19:58:20.024+00:002012-01-25T19:58:20.024+00:00It's a steep learning curve for sure, but you&...It's a steep learning curve for sure, but you're open-minded and clearly making good progress John. I tried to watch the video but our broadband is too slow sadly couldn't watch it.marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391253482055150718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-55929858656441874122012-01-25T14:12:44.474+00:002012-01-25T14:12:44.474+00:00Penny, I'm not sure about the slow evolvement ...Penny, I'm not sure about the slow evolvement of change; for me it is cataclysmic! I looked at the links you listed here and two that really stuck out for me are Almagul Menlibayeva and Jennifer Hudson - very inspiring. Did you watch the video with Almagul when she was in Berlin? thanks for bringing them to my attention.JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02834926219948734598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-52507242854651614092012-01-25T12:57:27.481+00:002012-01-25T12:57:27.481+00:00It is amazing how much we change throughout the du...It is amazing how much we change throughout the duration of a course without really knowing it...I think I only realised when I came to compiling stuff for assessment. Developing our interpretation is so important and I don't fear it per se, however, actually 'realising' it and making it happen is taking more courage and effort than I envisaged. Thanks for the advice Nigel.marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391253482055150718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985951537612478621.post-23755666165717193772012-01-24T20:42:34.568+00:002012-01-24T20:42:34.568+00:00Its good you are not shooting stuff Penny, but thi...Its good you are not shooting stuff Penny, but thinking instead. I panicked, went out shot images then looked for something inside them. I found them conventional and regret it. Not that its bad, just that I can see much better now I have finished. I have written about my fear of the cliche'd image and become fearful of even thinking of the likes of Joe Cornish and the commercially based work they do, (which is very good)because its not art as we are led to see it. The course book is very prescriptive, but I think it is now well established that we need not be too frightened of it and can develop our own interpretation.Nigel Robersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911890366930168606noreply@blogger.com