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Is it Important to Have a Photography Degree? "Is it important to have a photography degree?"This question has been a burning debate for many years.

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Jesus on the Cross, Chocolate Jesus

Jesus on the Cross, Chocolate Jesus

  Jesus on the Cross, Chocolate Jesus   In 2006 George Helsop sculpted a life-size Jesus model made entirely of chocolate as part of a chocolate exhibition for the Ale and Porter Gallery. This would not be the first rendition of Jesus in chocolate for art, both Richard Manderson in 1994 and Cosimo Cavallaro in 2007 have attempted this. What this sculpture represents is most intriguing, the idea…

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Artist News: Tracey Emin Marries a Rock

Artist News: Tracey Emin Marries a Rock

A large stone in Emin’s back garden has found itself married to the renowned artist. Aside from the obvious bizarre nature of this matrimony, there are philosophical reasons for Emin to marry this object. The reasons Emin gave Post magazine were: “The stone is it’s not going anywhere. Even if there’s the biggest tsunami in the whole world, the stone will probably still stay there.” Further…

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Edgar Martins at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

Edgar Martins at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

Being a bit of an Edgar Martins fan, I couldn’t help myself racing down to Liverpool to see the Flat Death exhibition, where Martins collaborated with Jordan Baseman to create an exhibition that reflects on Roland Barthe’s theory of a photograph being a fixed moment that is stuck as a print. Martins presented work from his latest series Siloquies and Solioquies on death, life and other…

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Paz Tiles

Who, what, where and why? I was told about these tiles a few days ago by some of my friends  and was instantly intrigued… What were they for? Who put them there, and where were they all? Looking around the main high street in Carlisle I found 6 in total, as you can see below. All of them have a unique design on them and some even feature pictures of the street they are on. One thing that they all…

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Is it important to have an expensive Camera?

Is it important to have an expensive Camera?

Molly: When it comes to buying a new camera, you can often end up deciding between two cameras with that ultimate decision of wondering if that extra £1000 is really going to improve your photos. I’ve personally come to that time in my life where I need to invest in a new camera. However, the last camera that I bought was 4 years ago, and in the past 4 years cameras have changed ALOT. People can…

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March Events Guide

Download the Event Guide PDF Here TALKS Friday 11th 16:00 – 19:00 @ Baltic Mill, Newcastle Art & Reason: How Art Thinks II. http://www.balticmill.com/whats-on/art-and-reason-how-art-thinks-ii   Monday 14th 18:30-20:30 @ Tate Modern, London Curator’s Tour: Performing for the Camera http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/performing-camera   Thursday 24th 18:00 @ Open Eye Gallery,…

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Martin Parr at The Hepworth, Wakefield

Martin Parr at The Hepworth, Wakefield

The Rhubarb Triangle and Other Stories Martin Parr’s most recent work (The Rhubarb Triangle) and past projects are currently on display at the Hepworth Wakefield Gallery in West Yorkshire, England, finishing on the 12th June 2016. The Rhubarb Triangle is a commissioned piece by the gallery, an insight into an area that specialises in the growing of rhubarb. The area being between Wakefield,…

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The Other Things Camera Lenses Can Do

The Other Things Camera Lenses Can Do

Does your lens have to stay on the camera? Well, no… not really, of course most lenses are designed to be coupled with the camera, however there are certain things you can do to change the way the light hits the camera. This would be to remove the lens and change the angle in which the lens is facing, or even flip the lens around entirely. For this experiment I am using a Canon 5D Mark ii and a…

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Top 5 Photography Galleries UK

Top 5 Photography Galleries UK

 The Photographers’ Gallery – London Situated just off Oxford Street in London and even having its own bus stop, The Photographers’ Gallery is one of the UK leading galleries for photography. Showcasing work from some of the biggest photographers in the world, for example: Martin Parr, Robert Capa, Viviane Sassen, Edward Steichen, Sebastião Salgado and many more. The Photographers’ gallery also…

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Update- Jenny Lewis: One Day Young

Almost a year ago my fellow co-blogger Danny wrote a feature about Jenny Lewis' book, One Day Young in Hackney. During the past year Lewis has developed this further into an additional project One ...

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Robert Mapplethorpe - Exhibitions

The Bowes Museum is currently holding an exhibition ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: THE MAGIC IN THE MUSE, this exhibition comprises a number of works taken from Artist Rooms owned by Tate and the National Ga...

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Jesus on the Cross, Chocolate Jesus

Jesus on the Cross, Chocolate Jesus In 2006 George Helsop sculpted a life-size Jesus model made entirely of chocolate as part of a chocolate exhibition for the Ale and Porter Gallery....

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Shooting Squares

Shooting Squares Last week I talked about the theory of using a square format camera opposed to cropping from a rectangular format. Does shooting square in the first place make you see differently?...

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Instagram and Photography

This post links directly with my previous post that focused on how in today's society we are able to photograph and curate our own images that appear online. Instagram is an online mobile photo-sha...

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Michael Kenna and the Square Image

Michael Kenna and the Square Image Image credit: MichaelKenna It is clear that Michael Kenna has found a niche in the search for the picturesque. The picturesque being “irregular, ragged an...

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Does a Phone's Camera Now Sell the Phone?

When you go to buy your next smartphone, you won't be thinking about how good the call quality is or how great the calendar is or even how you're going to be bragging about the new music software o...