My tutor feedback is shown below and my comments in italics.
Formative feedback
Student: Ian Meechan
Tutor: Andrea Norrington
Degree Pathway: Photography Student number: 515528
Course Unit: Digital Image and Culture Assignment No: 1
Feedback Format: Video Date: 19/01/24
Overall Comments
As per our recent emails, below is the feedback for Assignment 1. I understand that you have not been able to submit via OCA Learn, so I will send a copy of this report to OCA directly.
Your work was looked at on your blog at:
As per your email I have also looked at the other parts of the course, however this is not detailed feedback on any of those parts.
Feedback based on Learning Outcomes
For the coursework I can see that you have completed the practical exercises.
There are times when I can’t see any information for the written research points on your blog – two examples below – it may be that you are yet to upload them. If you do have issues accessing links on the course, please do let me know.
Working in a remote community school has it's issues with no availability to the internet is a frequent issue for me at this moment in time. I have informed my tutor about this and will continue to keep working on submission and upload whenever possible.
Part 1 – Project 2: Through a Digital Lens
Part 1 – Project 3: The Found Image in Photomontage
Part 2 - Research Point 1 – Project 2: The Artist as Archivist
For Exercise 1.3, the comparison of Zuckerberg vs Musk has been interestingly put together.
For the assignment you have worked in two different methods to show the rubbish. The layering of the cut and paste has been made obvious – and the starkness of the landscape with the deliberate and obvious placement of the rubbish adds to the series.
The second series is more subtle in effect.
In your research section, the production of the assignment has been clearly documented.
Do continue to do this.
Photographers to follow up:
Andy Hughes – Dominant Wave Theory to see how he has used placement of rubbish and choice of viewpoint.
Also, Lynn Silverman’s project Horizons may also be of interest:
Image Credit - Andy Hughes – Dominant Wave TheoryPorthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall, England, 2004
Image Credit - Lynn Silverman - Horizons.
Horizons #21, Lake Menindee, New South Wales,
Photographers research and reflection.
Andy Hughes is a British artist photographing depicting the politics of plastic waste as far afield as the beaches in California to Cornwall in his home country of the UK.
I really enjoyed observing not only the environmental aspect of his wok and the meaning behind it but also the technical set up of his shots from a low viewpoint giving a different and more dramatic perspective.
Lynn Silverman's Horizons project was a pleasant surprise for me as her image shown above was very similar to a final assignment I produced for my Landscape unit. I worked at One Arm Point Remote Community School in western Australia and produced a series of images of just my feet as I travelled from the teachers house past the beach to the school. Although I was unaware of her work both my own and her images were shot in the same way and in Australia. The only exception was she included the horizons.
Action points
Summary of other work:
Assignment 2 – has a clear structure, concept and resolution.
Assignment 3 – Critical Review – please can you send this as a Word document when you submit this assignment. It much easier to comment on the text in this format. I’ve not read this essay in full and will wait until it is submitted as an assignment before completing feedback. Completed as a word document and resubmitted to my tutor for reviewing.
Assignment 4 – you have a clear concept here and have undertaken research with your survey. Do allow yourself to catch up on all the bits of the course from Part 1 – 3. It would be good if we could get a video call to happen for assignment 4.
Assignment 5 is a progression of your work for assignment 4, and a conversation is a much better way of discussing the options and generating ideas rather than written feedback. I understand the difficulties with this, but I can be flexible on timings with being available early mornings/evenings and/or weekends to help facilitate this.
Assignment Schedule
My tutor suggested a schedule setting out a pace of study that suits me, and within the overall timeframe of your course.
A decent start. As a series the images work better together when combined with the explanatory texts.
It would benefit from expansion. It’s worth challenging yourself to create images that could potentially work as well without texts – you are after all in a place filled with potential and imbued with meaning for the Aboriginal population.
A1 Reflection
I felt that as this was my first assignment it would be beneficial to add text to my images. Reflecting on my tutors comments, I should consider more the impact of the complete image and if it can deliver the message on its own. Overall I'm happy with the result and the feedback was beneficial going forward.
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