Short term goals - I would like to know how to use photoshop, aperture and light room with a bit more confidence. I am going to invest in some more reading materials so that I can have more of an idea what is expected of either an amateur or professional photographer. I have been reading a book called The rough guide to digital photography by Sophie Goldsworthy, this has helped me a lot with how to use my camera and how to use other items that are needed in the photography business.
Long term goals - I am a very determined person and I am going to achieve a grade that is the best of my ability but I would love to walk away with a distinction, this is what I am aiming for.
On the 27/9/2011 I attended Katy Suggitts lecture on personal development planning, this is when we created our blogs on Blogspot and also registered ourselves on Flickr.
I managed to create the blog and register myself on Flickr and then I also created the link from my blog to my photostream on Flickr.
I am now able to put on each page what I have been doing in all my lectures, this actually helps as you can go over what you have learnt in the class. I will be using my blog very regularly.
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On the 4/10/2011 we received a piece of paper with a few questions on about our blog,
1. How are you using your blog?
I am using mine to type up what I have learnt in the lectures and to also help me remember what we talked about in the lecture, when you are typing out what you have learnt it tends to stay in your mind alot more than if you was to just read it.
2. What is the appropriate style of language to use?
Typing out your work to the best of your ability and spell checking it, no swearing and using words that actually appear in the English dictionary, not slang.
3. How can you ensure it appears professional?
Making sure that all your spellings are correct, using the correct punctuation and the correct grammar. You could also get somebody to look at your work to see what they think.
4. In addition to class notes; what else can you include in your blog?
I have included a lot of background research that I have either found on the Internet or in books. I have used images of the Internet and also uploaded images that I have taken.
5. What is meant by referencing?
Referencing your work by creating a bibliography so that people can see where you have found some of your information on your blog pages.
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Case study 11/10/2011
I have to consider the practice of a contemporary professional photographer in terms of the trajectory of their career.
I am writing my case study on a photographer called Stephen DiRado, he was born in 1957 and is an American photographer. His work is mostly black and white and he makes frequent use of large-format cameras. He is mainly famous for his portraiture, night-astronomical photography and semi-composed group photography, also for the extensive length in his projects.
Stephen started his education in 1976 were he attended the School of the Worcester Art museum to gain a certificate in art, he completed this course in 1979. He then went on to Massachusetts College of arts to complete a BFA between 1979 - 1981.
Here are a few of the competitions Stephen was put up for:
2009 Clark University, Higgins School of Humanities, Research Project Grant
2007 Finalist, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2003 Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council
1991 Fellowship, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1989 Finalist, Ruttenburg Foundation Award
1987 Fellowship, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1986 State Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1983 State Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
As far as I know or can find in Internet based research he had no clients but I have emailed him asking him to answer a few questions for me, one of them being, do you have any clients? if so, who are they?
Here is a list I found on the Internet of the work he has exhibited as one person and as two person, group:
EXHIBITIONS, ONE PERSON (Partial Listing)
2008 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA "Stephen DiRado's Dinner Series: How We Lived"
2007 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA," JUMP"
2002 Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX, Stephen DiRado, Dinner Table Series
2001-2000 MTA, Transit for Arts, Penn Station, New York City, NY, "Celestial Photographs"
1997 The Afterimage Photograph Gallery, Dallas, TX, "Nighttime"
1995 The Toledo Museum of Art, Clement Gallery, The University of Toledo, Department of Art, Center for the
Visual Arts, Toledo, OH," Beach People"
1994 The Vineyard Museum, Edgartown, MA, "Beach People"
1993 University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, Jacob's House
1992 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA," Beach People"
1991 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA, "Photo Constructions"
1986 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Galleria Series
1986 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Galleria Series
1984 Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA, Bell Pond, Portrait of A Community
EXHIBITIONS, TWO PERSON AND GROUP (Partial Listing)
2009 Great River Arts, Bellows Falls, VT, H2O, Film on Water
2007 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA ?(IN)Habitations?
2004 Currier Museum, Manchester, NH, New Acquisitions Show
2004 Denis Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY, "About Face"
2003 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY. "By The Sea"
2003 DeCordova
2002 Tom Blau Gallery, London, UK, Celestial Series
2002 The Photography Armory Show, New York, NY, Celestial Series
2002 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. " Alone"
2002 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA "Lens Landscape"
2001 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. " Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place"
2001 Dorsky Gallery, (SOHO) New York City, NY, "At the Edge"
2001 Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA, " Night Light"
2000 The Afterimage Photograph Gallery, Dallas, TX, "Still Lifes"
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "MFA, Houston: Recent Acquisitions"
1996 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, "DeCordova Collects Photographs"
1995 Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, "Facing the Lens: Photographic Portraits from the Museum Collection"
1994 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, The Figurative Impulse
1994 LaGrange National Biennial XVIII, LaGrange College, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA
1993 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, The New England Biennial
1993 Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Seventh Triennual Exhibition
1993 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, Self-amused , The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed.
1993 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA, The Worcester Scene
1992 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1990 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA, Small Works , Photo Construction
1990 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, MASSACHUSARTS Exhibition
1990 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1988 Massachusetts Artist Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA, "1987 Artist Fellowship Exhibition"
1985 Walt Kuhn Museum, Cape Neddick, ME, Stephen DiRado/Ron Rosenstock
1983 Lily Iselin Gallery, Providence, RI
Here is a list of the work he has published:
PUBLICATIONS and Miscellaneous (Partial Listing)
2009 New York Times Magazine, September 9, 2009, The Way We Live Now, article by Walter Kirn:
A Pharmacological Education.
2007 Artscope Magazine, 03/04 2007 Issue, Brian Goslow, Through the Lens, Stephen DiRado
2007 Blank Canvas magazine, Issue 7 Winter 2007, Lisa Sutcliffe, Feature: Facing the Void: The Photography of
Stephen DiRado
2003 Vineyard Beach People, Palm Press, Concord, MA Limited edition portfolio. Edition 20, Artist Proofs. 7.
2003 New Jersey Repertory Company, Long branch, NJ, Beach People photographs used for a play, Winterizing
the Summer House. A play inspired by my life and work on Martha's Vineyard. Playwright Gino Di'Iorio.
2003 Spot, Houston Center For Photography, Spring/Summer 2003, Stephen DiRado, Dinner Table Series
2002 Artlies, Winter 2001-2003, Zoners: Sharing a Passion Through the Web Pages30-33
2002 Royal Photographic Society Journal, Dec 2002, Vol 142, #10. Simon James, Feature: Great Issues Round
the Dinner Table.
2001 Photo Siberian Magazine, May 2001, The Caught Bird (The Mall Series) Profile: Pages 30-31
2001 At The Edge: The Horizon Line In Contemporary Art, Exhibition Catalog, Donna Harkavy and Margaret Mathews-Berenson
2000 Black and White Photography, Manifest Visions/An International Collection, James Luciana, Quarry Publications
1995 Feels Like Home, Fond Remembrances in Words and Pictures, Cheryl Moch/Allan Gurganus, Algonquin Books
1989 View Camera, November 1989 Steve Simmons, Profile: Stephen DiRado Contemporary Lives. Pages 4-10
1987 The Collections and Programs of the American Antiquarian Society, A 175TH Anniversary Guide
1986 THE DARKROOM BUILDER'S HANDBOOK, Stephen DiRado/Carl Hausman Tab Books, Inc
Stephen also had some collections, here is a list:
COLLECTIONS (Partial Listing)
2010 New Hamphsire Institue of Art, Teti Collection, Manchester, NH
2009 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2009 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2007 Berlin Natural History Museum, Germany
2003 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2003 Currier Museum, NH
2001 Ritz-Carlton, Boston, MA
2001 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2001 Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
1999 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1999 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1998 Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
1997 Polaroid Corporation, Dallas, TX
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
1995 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1994 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
1993 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA
1992 The Vineyard Museum, Edgartown, MA
1992 Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1987 Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, MA
1986 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA
1984 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Stephen DiRado's was first recognized in 1984 for his first series called the "bell pond", this was the start of him becoming a social projects photographer. He then started other projects:
I think over time he has become more adventurous with the kind of angles he could be shooting from, but he has always shoot in black and white. Stephen doesn't take as many photographs at the moment as he is working as a senior lecturer in Photography, Clark University, Visual and Performing arts, Worcester, MA.
Extension/further reading
Try and find an interview - in his own words what was behind his success?
http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/stephen-dirado/
This link will show you an interview between Stephen DiRado and Alec Soth.
I have also emailed Stephen asking if he wouldn't mind answering a few questions for me. Hopefully he will reply.
A few examples of his work:
Most of the information I found on Stephen DiRado was on
http://www.stephendirado.com/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_DiRado
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For my second case study I am going to concentrate on Britta Jaschinski, found on the AOP website,
Britta was born in Germany but she relocated to London, she is a animal photographer, mainly zoo's and she found there was more of a variety in London and its surrounding areas than in Germany. She is a well known photographer and if she had stayed in Germany this may have never happened, she has made her self known in London for taking pictures of all sorts of animals.
Here is a list of a few of the Awards that she was put up for and won,
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Dogs Trust
Dorling Kindersley
Extra Strength Advertising USA
Mather Communications
Milka / Kraft Foods
Ogilvy Group UK
Penguin Group
RSPCA
United Nations
Britta has published/ exhibited work,
Solo exhibitions:
Kuusamo Nature Photo, 2009, FIN
Nat. History Museum Reutlingen, 2006, DEU
Ueberseemuseum Bremen, 2005, DEU
Gallery 11, 2004, Hamburg, DEU
Intl. Photo Festival Knokke-Heisst, 2004, BEL
City Museum Schleswig, 2003, DEU
Hackelbury Gallery, 2003, London, ENG
Norwich Art Gallery, 1999, ENG
Hohenthal und Bergen, 1998, Berlin, DEU
Nat. History Museum, 1998, Nottingham, ENG
Portfolio Gallery, 1998, Edinburgh, SCO
Planetario, 1998, Pamplona, ESP
Arts Centre, 1998, Seville, ESP
Foto Biennale, 1997, Tenerife, ESP
Art at Salamanca University, 1997, ESP
Wakefield Museum, 1997, ENG
Hartlepool Art Gallery, 1997, ENG
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington DC, USA
Dick Institute, 1996, Kilmarnock, SCO
Le Recontres Arles Photographie, 1996, FRA
Impressions Gallery, 1996, York, ENG
Photographers' Gallery, 1995, London, ENG
Group exhibitions:
Nat. History Museum, 2010, London, ENG
Naturkunde Museum, 2010, Berlin, DEU
Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, 2010, Bruges, FRA
South Australian Museum, 2010, Adelade, AUS
Museum of Man and Nature, 2010, Munich, DEU
Richard Young Gallery, 2009, London, ENG
IPG, Battle, 2009, ENG
The Gallery Project, 2008, Michigan, USA
German Historical Museum, 2008, Berlin, DEU
Eric Franck, Photo-London, 2007, DEU
Photovoice at Reuters London, 2006, ENG
Kunsthaus Hamburg, 2004, DEU
Eric Franck, Paris Photo, 2004, FRA
Hatton Gallery, 2003, Newcastle, ENG
AOP Gallery, 2002, London, ENG
Artomatic Gallery, 2001, London, ENG
Jewish Museum, 1999, Berlin, GER
Museum of London, 1999, ENG
Center for Contemp. Art , 1997, Glasgow, SCO
European Photo Award Exhibition, 1995, DEU
Intl. Photography Fair, 1995, Hagen, DEU
Goethe Institute, 1995, London, ENG
ICA Mall Galleries, London, 1993, ENG
Britta's work is animal photography, she has quite a few published books, you can buy them from many book shops, here is a link to show you one of her books,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Things-Britta-Jaschinski/dp/0500542716
Her current project is called Dark.
I think her work would appeal to most audiences as it is so diverse, her images are that beautiful anyone's eye would get caught, I could easily sit down for hours and look through all her photographs, I showed some of the images to my niece and she was fixated and then i showed them to my mum and she had so many positive things to say about them,
Many people have given comments about Britta's work,
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On the 1/11/2011 we had to do any work that needed doing, so I researched a lot of things that we talked about in Chris Aughtons lecture the day before. Some of us also got to have a tutorial with Katy, I was very pleased with the result I got from my PDP blog. The main thing I needed to do was to add my short term goal and my long term goal, I have done this and it has actually gave me more of a clear mind. I will carry on posting all of what I am learning and the research I am doing on my blog.
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Andy - Yes, I have clients, thank god! Mainly the work comes via my agent from ad agencies.
On the 22/11/2011 we looked into reflective practice,
"reflective practice involves thoughtfully considering your own experiences as you make the connection between knowledge and practice, under the guidance of an experienced professional within your discipline"
5 ways of reflecting,
Case study 11/10/2011
I have to consider the practice of a contemporary professional photographer in terms of the trajectory of their career.
I am writing my case study on a photographer called Stephen DiRado, he was born in 1957 and is an American photographer. His work is mostly black and white and he makes frequent use of large-format cameras. He is mainly famous for his portraiture, night-astronomical photography and semi-composed group photography, also for the extensive length in his projects.
Stephen started his education in 1976 were he attended the School of the Worcester Art museum to gain a certificate in art, he completed this course in 1979. He then went on to Massachusetts College of arts to complete a BFA between 1979 - 1981.
Here are a few of the competitions Stephen was put up for:
2009 Clark University, Higgins School of Humanities, Research Project Grant
2007 Finalist, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2003 Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council
1991 Fellowship, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1989 Finalist, Ruttenburg Foundation Award
1987 Fellowship, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1986 State Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
1983 State Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Foundation
As far as I know or can find in Internet based research he had no clients but I have emailed him asking him to answer a few questions for me, one of them being, do you have any clients? if so, who are they?
Here is a list I found on the Internet of the work he has exhibited as one person and as two person, group:
EXHIBITIONS, ONE PERSON (Partial Listing)
2008 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA "Stephen DiRado's Dinner Series: How We Lived"
2007 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA," JUMP"
2002 Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX, Stephen DiRado, Dinner Table Series
2001-2000 MTA, Transit for Arts, Penn Station, New York City, NY, "Celestial Photographs"
1997 The Afterimage Photograph Gallery, Dallas, TX, "Nighttime"
1995 The Toledo Museum of Art, Clement Gallery, The University of Toledo, Department of Art, Center for the
Visual Arts, Toledo, OH," Beach People"
1994 The Vineyard Museum, Edgartown, MA, "Beach People"
1993 University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, Jacob's House
1992 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA," Beach People"
1991 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA, "Photo Constructions"
1986 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Galleria Series
1986 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Galleria Series
1984 Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA, Bell Pond, Portrait of A Community
EXHIBITIONS, TWO PERSON AND GROUP (Partial Listing)
2009 Great River Arts, Bellows Falls, VT, H2O, Film on Water
2007 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA ?(IN)Habitations?
2004 Currier Museum, Manchester, NH, New Acquisitions Show
2004 Denis Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY, "About Face"
2003 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY. "By The Sea"
2003 DeCordova
2002 Tom Blau Gallery, London, UK, Celestial Series
2002 The Photography Armory Show, New York, NY, Celestial Series
2002 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. " Alone"
2002 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA "Lens Landscape"
2001 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. " Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place"
2001 Dorsky Gallery, (SOHO) New York City, NY, "At the Edge"
2001 Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA, " Night Light"
2000 The Afterimage Photograph Gallery, Dallas, TX, "Still Lifes"
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, "MFA, Houston: Recent Acquisitions"
1996 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, "DeCordova Collects Photographs"
1995 Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, "Facing the Lens: Photographic Portraits from the Museum Collection"
1994 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, The Figurative Impulse
1994 LaGrange National Biennial XVIII, LaGrange College, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA
1993 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, The New England Biennial
1993 Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Seventh Triennual Exhibition
1993 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, Self-amused , The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed.
1993 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA, The Worcester Scene
1992 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1990 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA, Small Works , Photo Construction
1990 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, MASSACHUSARTS Exhibition
1990 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1988 Massachusetts Artist Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA, "1987 Artist Fellowship Exhibition"
1985 Walt Kuhn Museum, Cape Neddick, ME, Stephen DiRado/Ron Rosenstock
1983 Lily Iselin Gallery, Providence, RI
Here is a list of the work he has published:
PUBLICATIONS and Miscellaneous (Partial Listing)
2009 New York Times Magazine, September 9, 2009, The Way We Live Now, article by Walter Kirn:
A Pharmacological Education.
2007 Artscope Magazine, 03/04 2007 Issue, Brian Goslow, Through the Lens, Stephen DiRado
2007 Blank Canvas magazine, Issue 7 Winter 2007, Lisa Sutcliffe, Feature: Facing the Void: The Photography of
Stephen DiRado
2003 Vineyard Beach People, Palm Press, Concord, MA Limited edition portfolio. Edition 20, Artist Proofs. 7.
2003 New Jersey Repertory Company, Long branch, NJ, Beach People photographs used for a play, Winterizing
the Summer House. A play inspired by my life and work on Martha's Vineyard. Playwright Gino Di'Iorio.
2003 Spot, Houston Center For Photography, Spring/Summer 2003, Stephen DiRado, Dinner Table Series
2002 Artlies, Winter 2001-2003, Zoners: Sharing a Passion Through the Web Pages30-33
2002 Royal Photographic Society Journal, Dec 2002, Vol 142, #10. Simon James, Feature: Great Issues Round
the Dinner Table.
2001 Photo Siberian Magazine, May 2001, The Caught Bird (The Mall Series) Profile: Pages 30-31
2001 At The Edge: The Horizon Line In Contemporary Art, Exhibition Catalog, Donna Harkavy and Margaret Mathews-Berenson
2000 Black and White Photography, Manifest Visions/An International Collection, James Luciana, Quarry Publications
1995 Feels Like Home, Fond Remembrances in Words and Pictures, Cheryl Moch/Allan Gurganus, Algonquin Books
1989 View Camera, November 1989 Steve Simmons, Profile: Stephen DiRado Contemporary Lives. Pages 4-10
1987 The Collections and Programs of the American Antiquarian Society, A 175TH Anniversary Guide
1986 THE DARKROOM BUILDER'S HANDBOOK, Stephen DiRado/Carl Hausman Tab Books, Inc
Stephen also had some collections, here is a list:
COLLECTIONS (Partial Listing)
2010 New Hamphsire Institue of Art, Teti Collection, Manchester, NH
2009 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2009 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2007 Berlin Natural History Museum, Germany
2003 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2003 Currier Museum, NH
2001 Ritz-Carlton, Boston, MA
2001 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2001 Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
1999 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1999 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1998 Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
1997 Polaroid Corporation, Dallas, TX
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
1995 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1994 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
1993 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA
1992 The Vineyard Museum, Edgartown, MA
1992 Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1987 Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, MA
1986 Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA
1984 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Stephen DiRado's was first recognized in 1984 for his first series called the "bell pond", this was the start of him becoming a social projects photographer. He then started other projects:
- The mall series
- Beach people
- Dinner series
- Jacobs house
- With Dad
- Body
All of these are long term documentary projects that explore the structures and identities of communities, families, couples, groups and individuals. I think his photography would appeal to all types of audiences as its all about everyday life, he is photographing what is important to him which in most cases is what is important to most people.
I think over time he has become more adventurous with the kind of angles he could be shooting from, but he has always shoot in black and white. Stephen doesn't take as many photographs at the moment as he is working as a senior lecturer in Photography, Clark University, Visual and Performing arts, Worcester, MA.
Extension/further reading
Try and find an interview - in his own words what was behind his success?
http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/stephen-dirado/
This link will show you an interview between Stephen DiRado and Alec Soth.
I have also emailed Stephen asking if he wouldn't mind answering a few questions for me. Hopefully he will reply.
A few examples of his work:
Most of the information I found on Stephen DiRado was on
http://www.stephendirado.com/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_DiRado
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For my second case study I am going to concentrate on Britta Jaschinski, found on the AOP website,
Britta was born in Germany but she relocated to London, she is a animal photographer, mainly zoo's and she found there was more of a variety in London and its surrounding areas than in Germany. She is a well known photographer and if she had stayed in Germany this may have never happened, she has made her self known in London for taking pictures of all sorts of animals.
Here is a list of a few of the Awards that she was put up for and won,
GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Overall Winner
NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Highly Commended
Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Highly Commended
London Photographic Award - Overall Winner
Association of Photographers - Best in Show
National Addy Awards - Gold
Oskar Barnack Award - Honorable Mention
European Photography Award - Nomination
Intl. Award for Young Photojournalism - Winner
Her clients are:Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Dogs Trust
Dorling Kindersley
Extra Strength Advertising USA
Mather Communications
Milka / Kraft Foods
Ogilvy Group UK
Penguin Group
RSPCA
United Nations
Britta has published/ exhibited work,
Solo exhibitions:
Kuusamo Nature Photo, 2009, FIN
Nat. History Museum Reutlingen, 2006, DEU
Ueberseemuseum Bremen, 2005, DEU
Gallery 11, 2004, Hamburg, DEU
Intl. Photo Festival Knokke-Heisst, 2004, BEL
City Museum Schleswig, 2003, DEU
Hackelbury Gallery, 2003, London, ENG
Norwich Art Gallery, 1999, ENG
Hohenthal und Bergen, 1998, Berlin, DEU
Nat. History Museum, 1998, Nottingham, ENG
Portfolio Gallery, 1998, Edinburgh, SCO
Planetario, 1998, Pamplona, ESP
Arts Centre, 1998, Seville, ESP
Foto Biennale, 1997, Tenerife, ESP
Art at Salamanca University, 1997, ESP
Wakefield Museum, 1997, ENG
Hartlepool Art Gallery, 1997, ENG
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington DC, USA
Dick Institute, 1996, Kilmarnock, SCO
Le Recontres Arles Photographie, 1996, FRA
Impressions Gallery, 1996, York, ENG
Photographers' Gallery, 1995, London, ENG
Group exhibitions:
Nat. History Museum, 2010, London, ENG
Naturkunde Museum, 2010, Berlin, DEU
Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, 2010, Bruges, FRA
South Australian Museum, 2010, Adelade, AUS
Museum of Man and Nature, 2010, Munich, DEU
Richard Young Gallery, 2009, London, ENG
IPG, Battle, 2009, ENG
The Gallery Project, 2008, Michigan, USA
German Historical Museum, 2008, Berlin, DEU
Eric Franck, Photo-London, 2007, DEU
Photovoice at Reuters London, 2006, ENG
Kunsthaus Hamburg, 2004, DEU
Eric Franck, Paris Photo, 2004, FRA
Hatton Gallery, 2003, Newcastle, ENG
AOP Gallery, 2002, London, ENG
Artomatic Gallery, 2001, London, ENG
Jewish Museum, 1999, Berlin, GER
Museum of London, 1999, ENG
Center for Contemp. Art , 1997, Glasgow, SCO
European Photo Award Exhibition, 1995, DEU
Intl. Photography Fair, 1995, Hagen, DEU
Goethe Institute, 1995, London, ENG
ICA Mall Galleries, London, 1993, ENG
Britta's work is animal photography, she has quite a few published books, you can buy them from many book shops, here is a link to show you one of her books,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Things-Britta-Jaschinski/dp/0500542716
Her current project is called Dark.
I think her work would appeal to most audiences as it is so diverse, her images are that beautiful anyone's eye would get caught, I could easily sit down for hours and look through all her photographs, I showed some of the images to my niece and she was fixated and then i showed them to my mum and she had so many positive things to say about them,
Many people have given comments about Britta's work,
‘Britta Jaschinski’s pictures are occasionally surrounded by an almost mystic, religious aura.’ The Photographers’ Gallery
‘Britta Jaschinski’s photographs heighten our sense for the dignity of the living creature. ’ International Award for Young Photojournalism
I don't think her work has changed over time, she started with taking photographs of animals and she still photographs animals, she may have become more adventurous with how she takes them. Her work has always been outstanding and I think she will carry on capturing animals for many years as she loves what she does, she has a passion and it defiantly shows through her images.
Here is a link to an interview that Britta had with CAPS (captive animals protection society),
A couple example of her work,
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On the 1/11/2011 we had to do any work that needed doing, so I researched a lot of things that we talked about in Chris Aughtons lecture the day before. Some of us also got to have a tutorial with Katy, I was very pleased with the result I got from my PDP blog. The main thing I needed to do was to add my short term goal and my long term goal, I have done this and it has actually gave me more of a clear mind. I will carry on posting all of what I am learning and the research I am doing on my blog.
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I emailed Andy Rudak a couple of weeks ago asking him if he could help me with one of case studies by answering some questions for me, he has been nice enough to email me back and answer all of my questions in full.
I am going to add all of the answers he has given me but I am also going to add the research that I have been doing. I will state if the things you are reading are what Andy has written or what I have researched.
Andy -Mini life story coming up:
I was never really interested in photography when i was younger, i didn't have a camera from the age of six or anything like that, i kind of fell into it to be honest. I was at collage studying for my A levels in psychology and sociology when, as part of a interview exercise, we were asked to film each other conducting the interviews. I was asked to operate the video camera, and from that moment just knew thats where i wanted to be. At first i wanted to get into being a war cameraman, but i saw sense and thought 'normal' film making would suit me better. After dropping out of my A levels, i went to art collage to do a foundation course, this involved graphic design, animation, film and photography. Whist i thought the film making was what i wanted, i found it very frustrating having to rely photography on lots of other people to help make the short films etc... of course everyone wanted to spend time on their own projects... i decided to put more of my efforts into the photography side. We had one small studio on the site and i basically took it over as no-one else seems that interested. I loved using the lights to make 'things' look good, and from that found myself getting interested in the packaging and advertising side of photography. I always dreamed of the big silk cut ads and the iconic billboards on the side of the road. as time drew on( it was a two year course) i spent more and more time in the studio and when it came time to do the collage applications i went for the photography hnds and degrees. I applied for all the courses along the south coast to be honest i was living in N wales and hated it. I also applied to the course at Blackpool, i know it was up north, but at the time it was the top course for advertising photography. I was offered an interview at Bournemouth collage, but they turned me down. As the replies came back from the other courses i had no-one offering me a place, i was pretty upset. Then i received a letter from Blackpool asking me to come for an interview. I couldn't believe it when a few weeks later they sent me a letter saying i had got in!
After the summer i started at Blackpool collage of art, I wasn't impressed at first, far to much writing and learning about things that didn't interest me, but as time went on i was given 'the nod' so i could forget about the boring stuff and stay in the studio and shoot. I was in heaven. I think i was maybe one of the last lucky ones as we were doing 3 course at once, HND, Degree and a PQE exam thing. Now it's degree only and much more written work...
I left collage with a portfolio of pictures and a Desmond (2.2), but i got distinction for my HND and PQE thing which was nice. I came down to London, as this is were you need to be if you want to take advertising seriously(in the UK), don't let anyone tell you different. I freelanced as an assistant for a year or two scraping by and living on pizza, i was always a bit careful about who i worked with. I didn't want to work with just anybody. I was lucky to get to work with one of my heros Mike Parsons as a second assistant, and then eventually fist assistant. Mike shot the ad's i had always loved i.e. silk cut, absolute, virgin Atlantic etc I was with Mike for about 5-6 years.
Andy - London was my first choice, it has to be if you want to take it seriously, i moved down the week after i finished collage, but i would also come down in my holidays to get work experience and try to meet people ready to try and get work for when i left.
Me - As Andy has already stated, London has a lot more to offer for what he wanted to achieve than Wales did, he wanted to see his work on the big billboards and on the sides of buses, this sort of photography wants to be seen in a big City.
Andy - I won a few things at collage, and now i get to win things through the awards in the advertising world which is cool. I have just joined the aop, which i never used to bother with, so i will try and enter that now, but it is Cannes and D&AD that are more important to me.
Me - Andy has quite a lot of clients,
- Coca cola
- Mcdonalds
- Marmite
- Transport if London - Oyster
- Tropicana
- Waitrose
- HSBC
- Dont drink and drive campaign
- Sainsbury's finance/pet insurance/life insurance
- The guardian newspaper
- NHS
- Volks wagen
- Nikon
there are quite a few more but there is just a few of the clients that Andy has.
Andy - I have been in a couple of magazines, but i shoot in advertising so normally its up on billboards or on Bus sides etc... i think it's cooler. I am planning to some exhibitions soon with the death maze and cardboard homes projects.
Me - I think his work appeals to everybody, most people at one time or another go out and buy something, be it from insurance for their car or beer for themselves, Andy has photographed it. So many people will have actually viewed Andy's work, he has photographed so many different things and each one will appeal to someone different but their will always be someone out there interested.
Andy - Has my work changed? Yes i think so, i have always been well into stories and ideas, i think that is what appeals about advertising..i think, i hope, i'm getting better at telling them in my shots.. I'm getting more ambitious too with my set ups. I am still pretty young to be where i'm at in photography and to have achieved what i have, so i hope there is still lots to come yet!.
Andy has kind enough to answer these questions for me, he has been very pleasant to talk to and we are going to carry on emailing each other because he is interested in what I am learning at university and I would like to know more about what he knows about photography.
Some examples off Andy's assignment work,
Also a couple of examples of his personal photographs,
He is such an inspiration to me, I love all of his work and he has so much to give, he enjoys taking photographs that much that even though he does it as a full time job he also takes a lot of photographs in his personal time.
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"reflective practice involves thoughtfully considering your own experiences as you make the connection between knowledge and practice, under the guidance of an experienced professional within your discipline"
5 ways of reflecting,
- Written
- Video
- Images
- Voice recording
- Questions and answers
We then had to go and take a photograph of something that we think reflects us as a person, I choose to take a picture of a lift because my moods have a tendency to go up and down because of how sensitive and caring I am towards other people.
This is the image I have taken, Martin also asked us to use something different on our blogs instead of writing so I am using this image that I have taken.
Martin then asked us to sell ourselves on ebay, not literally but to just use the same sort of setup and ideas of what they use on that website.
So I first looked at what ebay looks like,
It shows an image on the left and then it has a discription of the item.
This is what my page would look like,
Jean Hollings, 23 years old,
Good condition
Very hard working and reliable, will give 100% to any situation.
Great as working as part of a team or just as good working on her own.
Will help others when they need help.
Fun to be around and will try and make you laugh.
Can be sensitive, in a good way not a bad.
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask, email me on,
jeanhollings@hotmail.com
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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This is what my page would look like,
Good condition
Very hard working and reliable, will give 100% to any situation.
Great as working as part of a team or just as good working on her own.
Will help others when they need help.
Fun to be around and will try and make you laugh.
Can be sensitive, in a good way not a bad.
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask, email me on,
jeanhollings@hotmail.com
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
2 bids
4 watchers
