I had my first meeting with Lynn Barrett at SPARC on the 27th this went very well and she has said she would be more than happy for me to come along and meet their clients with a view to working with them in the and she would be more than happy for me to […]

Anna talked about her  MA  journey, her work with a transgender group in Manchester and how she collaborated on a book with a local poet. Anna spoke about her project and the people she met along the way explaining how she felt great responsibility towards the people she worked with and how she feel a […]

I really enjoyed the Layla Sailor talk although I have never wanted to be a commercial photographer or fashion photographer I have learnt a lot from her talk. I have always thought there was a huge difference between being a practising artist and being a fashion/commercial photographer, but its the individual artistic difference they bring […]

I have decided to look at other avenues for my project and have been in contact with a mental health group called SPARC Stockport Progress and Recovery Centre is a local voluntary organisation providing support to adults in the Stockport area who experience mental health problems. They offer a range of leisure, therapeutic, educational and […]

My tutorial with Greg was very productive this week I have always had a problem writing my journal we talked about taking a more disciplined approach I may have to force myself to write every day to start off with.. but as Greg said it isn’t about creating something that is logical and presentable it […]

As part of my research I have been in contact with Judith McGarty, she runs not for profit adult training scheme, Inspired Stockport and has recently been working with Chelwood food bank running a computer course. I was interested to find out what response she had had for her course as I thought this would […]

I am constantly thinking about my practice and the direction its taking me my last project “hidden hunger”  was a breakthrough for me it was something I am passionate about and I enjoyed working with the food banks and their clients. I am considering a collaboration for my next project and I am starting researching […]

As part of my research I have been in contact with Judith McGarty, she runs not for profit adult training schemes called Inspired Stockport and has recently been working with Chelwood food bank running a computer course. I was interested to find out what response she had had for her course as I thought this […]

I have just had a tutorial with Richard, and finally after three years we have hit the nail on the head as to why I have struggled documenting my process. I have always enjoyed researching my projects; in fact I am always researching, my problem is I have it in my mind that I am […]

We had a very engaging tutorial with Richard this week discussing messages in photographers work and the viewers engagement, we also spoke about how space can open up the narrative in photographs, this opened up a really good discussion with the group. We also gave feedback on the groups final projects. I enjoy these dialogues […]