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Michael Freeman talks to Simon Barber

November 2, 2011
By Michael
Michael Freeman talks to Simon Barber

Simon Barber, one of our photography tutors at the OCA, has a special commitment to collaborative photography, and for me personally provides a fascinating contrast to the more self-absorbed method of photography that I grew up with. Indeed, Simon’s photographic career began after a very sharp change of direction from a science education —...
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Country Doctor

August 4, 2011
By Michael
Country Doctor

Case History of a Classic Profile Photo Essay Magazine picture stories using photographs evolved during the 1930s, first in Europe, and then in the United States. Once editors understood that sequenced photographs on a double-page spread could tel
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Jesse Alexander

June 27, 2011
By Michael
Jesse Alexander

This interview also appears on The Freeman View. Jesse Alexander has been working professionally with photography since 2004, after graduating from the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham (now know as the University for the Creative Ar
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Michael Freeman interviews Dewald Botha

April 12, 2011
By Michael
Michael Freeman interviews Dewald Botha

This interview also appears on The Freeman View. We’re making something of a break here in these interviews, because this month’s featured photographer is an OCA student at the beginning of the course, having just completed the first level -
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Michael Freeman talks to Jose Navarro

August 12, 2010
By Michael
Michael Freeman talks to Jose Navarro

José Navarro is a documentary photographer in the humanist tradition, with an MA in the subject from the University of Wales, and OCA tutor. He works particularly on the relationships between people and their natural surroundings, and even more spec
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