In the process of working on the new Photography Level 3 professional practice module, I contacted the Guardian and Observer’s correspondent on photography, Sean O’Hagan, to ask him about how came to make a living out of writing about photography…
Perhaps the title of this blog post is a little sensational (got to do what you can to get people’s attention these days, though), but it was an interesting starting point for Colin Archibald’s Photography 3: Advanced course. Using a…
We shall be running a study visit to Cardiff’s first photography festival on Friday 31st May. The Diffusion festival will be showcasing some new work as well as exhibiting some acclaimed recent work, such as Edgar Martin’s Time Machine and…
As the ink dries on the new Photography Level 2 Landscape course, ready to be stuffed into envelopes for the first enrolled students, I thought this might be a good time to briefly share my experiences of re-writing this course…
Even with all the will in the world, getting started on anything major is easy to put off. No more clearly has this been illustrated than by Oswald “Ozzie” Henderson, who this week, submitted his first assignment for the Art…
Revisiting the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock in Wiltshire last week, I was reminded of how much for granted we take the crisp, clear, defined photographic print. The earlier experiments by Fox Talbot and his contemporaries rendered pictures that were…
On Friday 7th December there will be a study visit to Lacock Abbey, the museum, current exhibition The Theatre of Insects by Jo Whaley, followed by a seminar in the afternoon. Lacock Abbey was the home of William Henry Fox…
The high costs of studying anything these days is well documented, and it is no secret that Photography has always been one of the most expensive disciplines to commit to. Not only are there the general costs of studying (travel,…
The OCA will be making a study visit at Ffotogallery in Penarth on Saturday 18th August to look at the work of acclaimed British documentary photographer, Daniel Meadows. In the early 1970s Daniel Meadows embarked on a journey to create…
Not only was last Friday’s trip to Ffotogallery in Cardiff the OCA’s first photography study visit in Wales, but it was also a different take on our regular outings, by combining a visit to an exhibition with a group tutorial.…
The Bristol Festival of Photography has gone from strength to strength over the several years since it was established. “Will it be worth dragging students from all over the country for a study visit?” we asked ourselves this year, and…
Art of Photography student Chris Woolgar raised a smile with a comment he made whilst reflecting on his progress through the module: “I am an engineer: I can take a car apart but not a photograph”. In my experience with…
