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The Livingston 50 Heritage Project

The Livingston 50 Heritage Project

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Music and Photography

I am starting a new project in Stirling tomorrow, working with Brian the musician and a group of care experienced children and young people. It’s been quite a long conversation as Brian and I work out the best way to combine our talents to work collaboratively with this cohort. i was telling Brian about a project I delivered at a primary school in Falkirk which uses music and photography. I…

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Great Art Quest

Great Art Quest “Each year Great Art Quest introduces children from 16 primary schools in the UK to the visual arts by partnering them with local galleries, professional artists and storytellers. Great Art Quest works in high-need areas and schools taking part in Great Art Quest are specially selected based on Ofsted reports and local knowledge. For many of the children taking part in Great Art…

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Talking Pictures, World Wide Webbers

Talking Pictures, World Wide Webbers

For this post i would like to talk about the writing element to the project. I am not a writer by any means but the writing was given as much time as the photographs, with much assistance from the teachers. After a class discussion about photography we introduced the project itself. Below is the information sheet sent to teaching staff prior to this lesson. After several meetings and emails i had…

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A series of images created by Young People from West Lothian taking part on the HYPE Photography course. They chose to create work which responds to the question;

“What are the main issues affecting Young People living in West Lothian today”?

They used a variety of techniques to develop these images, including painting with light and photographing shadows with coloured gels across the light source. Some images have been painted over using arcrylic paints.

FRIENDSHIPS

DOMESTIC ABUSE

EATING DISORDERS

SMOKING

ONLINE LIFE

SOCIAL NETWORKING

RELATIONSHIPS

DEPRESSION

ANGER

HAVING FUN

FRIENDSHIPS

HOME

RELATIONSHIPS

FACEBOOK

MONEY

DEPRESSION

SNAPCHAT

MUSIC

GEOGRAPHY

Out of the Shadows A series of images created by Young People from West Lothian taking part on the HYPE Photography course.

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An Addendum...

An Addendum…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/lucas-samaras-selfies_n_5098676.html?utm_hp_ref=arts&ir=Arts

Lucas Samaras was interviewed recently about his thoughts on ‘the selfie’, it’s superficiality and his objection to it. He also comments on Rembrandt…

“What is going on now is considered raw and therefore of interest to analyze. That diminishes the value of self-portraiture, especially when…

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I have not looked at, or thought, or had time to write anything for a few years and i’m surprised at how long it’s been. Both work and life have felt rushed. I’ve continued to work across a diverse range of settings it’s just that it hasn’t felt right to write about some of the work i have been doing- at times it can feel like i am objectifying the people i work with. For a while i found it personally challenging to continue working at such a pace without a break in career. I was burned out, unmotivated and tired to the bone. At the end of March i was diagnosed with a giant cyst and ended up in hospital for a week while it was removed. My recovery was slow and steady but i got back to work as soon as possible. By summer I had decided not to take on much collaborative work which, until that point had involved driving 400 miles a week. I barely touched a camera and opted to paint the house instead.  Photography was always my obsession and my passion but i had fallen out of love with it. I was not moved or motivated to shoot my own work since all my energies were pushed towards helping others realise their creative and personal potential.

By September, i was ready to get back to work again. I tend to work to an academic timetable and consider September the beginning of my working year. This year i have work five days a week across five very different settings. These projects will hopefully take me through the academic year to next April at the earliest and i will try and find the time to write about the ones which are most appropriate. I’ll also talk about the merits of taking my dog Bob in to work with me- he’s now two and a half and has been coming with me to work since he was four months old. Some photographs of him at work with young people last week accompany this blog.

  No Title I have not looked at, or thought, or had time to write anything for a few years and i'm surprised at how long it's been.

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grace kelley and dog on Flickr.

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Halloweeny

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Halloweeny

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marilyn monroe and dog on Flickr.

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natalie wood and dog on Flickr.

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natalie wood and dog on Flickr.

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View within a view within a view

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Tibetan prayer wheel

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Serenity