Photos feedback – Reflection

I spent the week showing various people from both China and other countries and the feedback I got was a little disappointing. Maybe it was because my head was too far inside the project with a clear understanding of I could see how bigger problem the variety issue was. What was interesting though was that...

Selection process – 32 to 15

I printed out the thirty-two photos and looked through to get my overall impression of each. The first thing that stood out was a variety issue, so I attempted to categories in my own mind the general topic of each and then lay them out in a set of fifteen. Some stood alone as being...

Attaching meaning

I have selected thirty of my favourite wall shots for this first run at attaching meaning to some of the photographs. I want to use what I have learnt to do a combination of closing and opening up the photographs with guidance into what the photo portrays. I have some concerns about how these photos...

Draft text – Version 2

Second attempt to do the writing before adding the photos. This process definitely helped me focus on the writing aspect as in the past I would often rush to get it done after I had chosen my final photos. Walls of China China is famous the world over for its wall, The Great Wall. Today...

China in ten words by Yu Hua – Book Research

Entry 1 - Over view During my searches I kept bumping into this book written originally by Yu Hua a writer from China called China in Ten words, the version I was reading had been translated by Allen H. Barr. The book is written from the perspective a Yu Hua who grew up during the...

Selected walls

Of the 50 odd photos I have taken so far I started the narrowing down process this week and got it down to 34. some of them have a similar meaning so I will probably be able to narrow that list down further but there is something I like about all of them. I feel...

Words about China – Research

This week I planned to settle down my choices for the wall assignment, however before I could do that I felt like I needed some background research on words people use when talking about China. at the beginning I thought technology could help me find buzz words I came across a site that offered the...

The Great Wall of China – Research

I decided to do some background research into the history and importance of The Great Wall of China and found some new interesting points that may be useful for my assignment. Most of the sources in this research were from the western perspective and as much as I trust there research and opinion I think...

Updated wall examples 2 – Assorted examples + catagories

Over the last two weeks or so I have tried to add and also retake more examples of the human interaction as well as abstract walls here are the results. I feel like in order to be successful the most important thing will be balance and variety. I am allowed no more than 15 but...

Abstract Walls research – Giampiero Sanguigni

In a bid to look into other practitioners who have photographed walls in an abstract way I came across the work of a photographer named Giampiero Sanguigni. I am guessing he is not well known but his work capturing the Aurelian walls is a good starting point for my research. The Aurelian walls were originally...