I have been looking at my photographs in Janet’s house there are a few issues with the light as at is so dark in the house and the photographs are not as sharp as I would like. Technical issues: Looking at different ways of working and refining my technique as the photographs are not sharp […]

I had my first shoot at Janet’s house last week, this has brought up a few issues with regards to her availability as she been in hospital for a two weeks. Ethically I want to ensure she is happy with the photographs and that she has the confidence that I am not going to take […]

We discussed my hidden project Layla came up with lots of suggestions, making shrines of Janet’s trinkets, or doing a time line of her belongings and photographs, also light boxes to display her belongings or photographs. We talked about how displaying the work is just as important as the work it’s self. I said I […]

After my visit with Janet and her willingness to Collaborate I have decided not to proceed with SPARC for now I can always go back as a volunteer at a future date I have spoken to Lynn and she understands and is happy for me to move forward with Janet. I have enjoyed my time […]

After visiting SPARC a few times I sat in with the Woman’s group the gardeners, the Arts and crafts and the music club the were all very interesting and I was beginning to get to know a few people. I then met a lady called Janet who was helping out one day, she was an […]

This year we had two launches for parachute I helped with the first launch at Stockport College with the production of the banners and curating of the second year photographs we had a few learning outcomes: Finding somewhere to exhibit within your budget takes time. Not all walls are straight. Hanging takes a lot longer […]

Joe’s visit was very interesting he talked about his job as an “in house” Jewellery photographer, and his six months assisting the artist Mishka Henner in his studio in Manchester. Joe discussed the differences between Jewellery Photography and the photoshop based work he did with Mishka using photo merge, although these two genres are very […]

We had a great meeting last week curating the photographs for The Parachute Launch and Exhibition at 2022, I thought we worked well together and I found it very interesting listening to everyone’s opinions about what should go where and why, the work is not all ours we were exhibiting the previous third year’s work […]

I contacted Anna White to ask her if it was possible to have a more in-depth discussion about her work as I had talked to he when she visited the college but couldn’t make the tutorials, she suggested we meet up for a coffee in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. We met in a small […]

Liz and Mishka have worked on documentary projects across the North of England since 2004. Their practice makes use of environmental portraiture, landscape studies and local archives to represent the lives of post-industrial towns and communities still reeling from sustained industrial decline. Many of their projects are long-term, involving close collaboration with their subjects, and […]