Critical Research Journal

  1. Earth, mind and foot

    2022-02-12 09:05:27 UTC
    Robert Davies 2011. Madrid, Spain. I was fascinated to learn about Pyschogeography during this week’s presentation on Methods and Meaning. I identified immediately with the photographers referenced and their methods. In 1955, Guy Debord defined Pyschogeography as “the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment,…

  2. Methods and meaning

    2022-02-11 04:32:45 UTC
    Bruce Gilden 1984. New York City. I was interested to learn more about Bruce Gildern’s body of work as I have a strong interest in his unique and instantly recognisable style and the method in which he creates it. His work brings to mind Robert Capa’s now famous quote—“If your…

  3. Mirrors and windows

    2022-02-04 09:17:57 UTC
    I would like to expand on my previous post where I discussed the notion of balance when considering both objectivity and subjectivity in photography. One photographer in whose work this balance can be found is Mark Power, whose meticulously crafted images have earned him a reputation as one of the…

  4. Reflecting on reflections

    2022-01-29 01:45:50 UTC
    Robert Davies 2019. The Window. John Szarkowski stated that photographs could be seen either as mirrors which he described as being a “romantic expression of the photographer’s sensibilities” or windows “through which the exterior world is explored in all its presence and reality” (1) This analogy captures the notion of…

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