Alice Hingley-Photography portfolio

Visual Research- Leaving Home by Mark Power

One of the first photographers I researched when I began this project was Mark Power’s ‘Leaving Home’ project. Within this collection of photos Power photographed his family home in the run up to his daughter leaving for university. I felt inspired watching videos of Power speaking about the project as his passion for the subject…

Signs and Symbols~ Maria Short- Response to Reading

As part of my wider research I read signs and symbols by Maria Short. The piece provided me with lots of information useful to my project. A key segment of the text that I was particularly fond of was the discussion of signs and symbols. I find it interesting there is a discourse between photographers…

Artist Statement

‘I have learnt that to be with those I like is enough’ – Walt Whitman. When given the brief ‘A Sense of Place’ my gut reaction was to create a portfolio of images focused around the people that mean the most to me and the places they inhabit. I decided to do this because for…

Portfolio: ‘A Sense of Place’

Project Update

As I got started with capturing my images I decided to alter my approach to the project brief. To capture ‘A Sense of Place’ from multiple perspectives I decided I’m going to not only take photos of the people close to me but to capture them in their homes. I felt like this approach gives…

Photographic practice

This week we were tasked to get two images around the university which fit together cohesively. The purpose of this was to help us out when we complete our project to make sure our images will fit together cohesively and get us thinking about colour formats and structures.

Barthes Camera- Response to Reading

As part of my reading for this project I had a look at Barthes Camera. I found the discussion within this piece interesting as it suggested that she could not fully connect to images of her mother. Reflecting on this concept made me realise it was true as often when i look at old photos…

Art School

On our field trip to Grand Parade campus this week we were asked to create a portfolio having been given the theme ‘Art School’. In order to create a cohesive set of images within the set time me and my group decided to focus on the colour red, shooting settings and objects that featured the…

Project Research

This week we spoke to each other about our individual projects and any ideas we’ve had for them. This exercise was interesting as it was great to see how everyone had their own individual interpretations of the assignment and to hear some peer review about or own concepts. Something this activity helped me to realise…

Response to Reading- In Plato’s Cave

As part of my wider research I read Susan Sontang’s chapter ‘In Plato’s Cave’ from the book On Photography. A quote from the contribution which particularly resonated with me was ‘To collect photographs is to collect the world’ I feel that this is a particularly beautiful phrasing with a lot of substance behind it as photographs…