Oliver Clarke

BEN WEAVER – CO-FOUNDER OF ‘HERE’ PRESS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER & ART DIRECTOR BASED IN LONDON CO-FOUNDER OF ‘HERE’ PRESS (INDEPENDANT PUBLISHING HOUSE FOCUSED ON DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY) ART DIRECTOR OF ‘THE WIRE’ MAGAZINE (INDEPENDANT NON-MAINSTREAM MUSIC MAGAZINE ONLINE & IN PRINT) “A series of flood-damaged photographs rescued from the home of Kurtis’s grandmother before his family fled a financially-ruined Argentina in 2001, connectContinue reading “BEN WEAVER – CO-FOUNDER OF ‘HERE’ PRESS”

Being an assistant in Studio Portrait session

I assisted Krystal Zeng with her studio portrait shoot for the OUPH403 module. Her sitter was Anya W. [10/01/2020] I found it stimulating to set up and position lights according to how Krystal wanted the photograph to look, and to look at the photographs on ConnectOne (shoot to screen) to double check image focus/sharpness, andContinue reading “Being an assistant in Studio Portrait session”

INTRODUCING MYSELF

I am an anxious mess but I am determined to be diligent and innovative with my work, and I’m working hard to build my confidence. I am interested in all areas of photography, and I’d like to keep my practice broad, but my main focuses are portrait, documentary, street and fine art. I like toContinue reading “INTRODUCING MYSELF”

ROXANA ALLISON – DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

OPERATION JURASSIC Collaborative photo-book with Roxana Allison documenting her brother Chris’ experience in prison. Introduction by writer Pete Brook. He was sentenced for defacing property with graffiti, then again briefly in USA ICE for having an expired visa. Portfolio review from Edmund Clark showed the book needed another element: graffiti. Defacing public property with graffitiContinue reading “ROXANA ALLISON – DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER”

PETE BROOK – WRITER, CURATOR, EDUCATOR

Based in San Francisco He educated prisoners in USA and analysed photographs of/within prisons with them Prisoners perspective different from arty people. They value the truthfulness and reliableness of the photo’s content rather than the aesthetics or “deeper meaning”. “Would the public fix its prisons if it could see them?” New York Post JACOBIA DAHMContinue reading “PETE BROOK – WRITER, CURATOR, EDUCATOR”

DOUGIE WALLACE – PHOTOGRAPHER

I find Dougie Wallace’s approach and visual style of street photographer really interesting and inspiring. His subject matter is very honest and reminicent of real life, he photographs the more abrasive parts of society. His use of bright flash leaves no where to hide and brings out intense detail, very different to the aesthetic anonymityContinue reading “DOUGIE WALLACE – PHOTOGRAPHER”