When a photographer is not a photographer

Thomas — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:16:53 +0000

There was an interesting discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row tonight about a new exhibition of photographs…

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013

The four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 are the artist duo Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mishka Henner, Chris Killip and Cristina De Middel.

A selection of the shortlisted artists’ work is on exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery from 19th April – 30th June.

One of the photographs was displaying “images” that he had “taken” from Google StreetView. much of the discussion focused on whether you could call yourself a photographer of you didn’t actually take the photographs yourself. My instinctive reaction is no. But then I started to think about it…

In this particular case the exhibition consisted of old photographs of street scenes put together with and alongside the same scenes but from Google StreetView. Why, I began to wonder is this any different to the writer who borrows and takes from and references old stories and retellings and then weaving together to make something new. Why are they still a writer but the photographer isn’t? I don’t have an answer for it… in my mind they are still unquestionably an artist but that a photographer does need to take photographs.

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When a photographer is not a photographer

Thomas — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:16:00 +0000

There was an interesting discussion on BBC Radio 4′s Front Row tonight about a new exhibition of photographs…

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013

The four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 are the artist duo Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mishka Henner, Chris Killip and Cristina De Middel.

A selection of the shortlisted artists’ work is on exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery from 19th April – 30th June.

( listen to the episode )

Originally published at shepline: the journal“>shepline: the journal. You can comment here or Michelle Harison, author of the 13 Treasures trilogy and the ever so scary Unrest shared the petition to save the arts in schools. I have done, and I’ve also written to my MP, and this is why we need a campaign to change the proposed new EBacc qualification.

I confess that I do sit in a slightly odd place when it comes to arts education because I did the creative subjects all the way through my degree, and then struggled to find work. Now part of it was *something else* that sat like an elephant in the corner of the room stopping me from doing well in interviews but I do think that probably too many people do go onto study the arts at a higher level. That said, I also think that children – at school – are forced to pass exams and specialise too early in an increasingly narrow set of academic disciplines and that is just not healthy. At school, children should carry on with the widest selection of subjects for as long as possible. Sorry, I’ve rambled, but as you might be able to tell, I’m a little bit passionate about this subject…

arts – T E Shepherd

When a photographer is not a photographer

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013

When a photographer is not a photographer

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013