Body Parts challenge - week four
by kricketsonwilddeer my life in stitches
pettigrew anne’s blog
jek go go livejournal i’m channelling doris day
insurgentmuse jessica
Am really looking forward to seeing next week. good luck
Archive for September, 2005
October Challenge - Self documentary series
by kricketsonThe challenge for October is to do a self documentary series.
Self documentary - document yourself for a moment, for a day, for a week. Document a specific event or an ordinary day. Be honest, be real, be true, try to be a little gritty, do not gloss over, do not only show the pretty images.
Series - 3 images or more - a sequence of events, tell a story.
Try using text to add to the story or explain an image.
How to do it - use your self time, use a tripod - if you don’t have a self timer - be the director and editor and ask someone else to be the photographer. If you don’t have a tripod, try sitting the camera on a bench with a towel or wheat bag to steady and angle the camera.
Inspiration and ideas:
See my images below - a few photos from a series I did a few years ago consisting of a year of documenting my life and thousands of images.
Some artists and projects work to check out:
Self documentary:
Marianne Mueller :: jo spence :: documented life :: nan goldin ::
Domestic documentary:
Bill Owens - suburbia :: Nancy Honey :: Richard Billingham - Ray’s a laugh :: Larry Sultan - pictures from home :: William Eggleston :: Martin Parr - the cost of living, common sense and signs of the times :: Tina Barney - theater of manners ::
A moment.
The dishes are piling up, the house is a mess, I am surrounded by evidence of motherhood.
I often carry her around. She demands to be up where we are, she is annoyed at looking at legs all day. We are attached.
I Can’t get anything done. She whines and whinges until I distract her.
I long for a quiet moment.
Sick of chasing the baby around the house all day. Having a rest, thinking of what? the days are passing.
Where ever I go I am followed, everything I do I have a helper.
She is an observer.
Body Parts challenge - week three
by kricketson
So much variety - I love seeing how this challenge has been interpreted in so many different ways. Keep them coming.
About self portrait tuesday
by kricketsonHow it got started:
Self-portrait Tuesday (SPT) started a few months back when I posted a self-portrait on my personal/craft/art weblog. I wrote a little about why I take self-portraits and this seemed to spark something in some of my readers. A few of them started to post Self-portraits too ( bird in the hand, port2port, scrapalicious and Nikkishell were enthusiastic) So self-portrait Tuesday was started. After a few weeks it had started to become quite popular, so I put a list together for everyone to check out each other’s SPT’s. Soon a self-portrait Tuesday flickr group was created (by Joy at scrapalicious) and more people joined.
Some people started asking for themes, for ideas, for reasons and explanations. So recently I started a weblog for Self-portrait Tuesday. This site is a community hub, where I post a monthly challenge, ideas and how to’s for first timers, information and links to known and not so well known self-portrait artists. There is a blogroll for participants; people can send me their link via email to be added to the blogroll. I choose a few each week to post on the site, images that fit the theme, which are experimental or interesting or creative in some way.
What is the ultimate aim?
To create a community - an online community of people participating in a continuous artistic self-expressive art project
- To give a voice to those who want to speak
- To encourage self-analysis and self-expression and self-exploration in people who would normally not be able to or don’t have a venue or audience for such.
- To encourage people to challenge their personal boundaries
- To free up inhibitions and allow that inner hidden something to be occasionally seen.
Who am I do start something like this anyway?
I am a photographer and artist, I did Post graduate work at university in self-portraiture and co-ordinated a self-portrait community project and exhibition that involved women who would not ordinarily even think about taking a self-portrait. Giving them a voice and a space to express themselves was not only satisfying to me and to them but made for a really interesting viewing experience for the audience.
I am interested in self-portraiture not only as a way for artists to express themselves, but also as a venue for ordinary people to express their inner often hidden selves. I want to make it accessible and acceptable for anyone to become involved. I made it a weekly event to give people many chances to experiment and also to see what others are doing - to improve not only their photography skills but also their courage in challenging their own boundaries. I want people to not just do it once and feel satisfied with that, but to continue to experiment and see how it will change their view of themselves and maybe even change their lives a little.
body parts challenge - week two
by kricketson
Nikki shell - also has posted some great links to photographers who photograph hands.
Such fantastic images. I can’t wait to see more. Keep them rolling.
blogroll
by kricketsonI’ve set up a blogroll to link to all the SPT contributors(see below).
Please make sure your blogs have RSS (syndication) feeds so that I can include you in the SPT blogroll.
added:
It has come to my attention that those without a syndication feed may not know what I am talking about.
here are some links to help you out:
What is a syndication feed? - see this site for an explanation, and wikipedia for more information.
The two main syndication feeds are RSS and Atom. See them both explained and compared here.
Do you think you have a feed but can’t get it working or don’t know if you have a feed or not? go to this site to have your feed validated and find out what to do about it.
If you use a common blog software - to get your feed working it is a simple matter of saying yes to site syndication in your setup area, for other blog software you may need to look at your help menu to help you find how to syndicate your site.
badge code
by kricketsonI have code.
Please just cut and paste it into your blog - sidebar or SPT post.
It is down a few posts or click here to go there.
Theme challenge September
by kricketsonBody Parts
Check out John Coplans - body parts exhibition for some inspiration.
Hints:
1- don’t be afraid to experiment
2- lock your door and don’t let anyone in while taking photos - this will help.
3- do something a little bit or a lot daring
A selection of images from the body parts challenge
