Monday 11 July 2011

Fraction Magazine Japan

At the start of the month David Bram and Yoichi Nagata launched the third on-line magazine under the Fraction Magazine banner and company. The latest adventure by David is designed
to bring to light established and emerging contemporary photographic artists from Japan and Asia.

Norihisa Hosaka


Kazuyuki Soeno


Yoichi Nagata


Yi Hyuk Jun

Umi Fukum



Friday 24 June 2011

FdA Commercial Photography

Today was the last ever day of my FdA Commercial Photography course at the Arts University College at Bournemouth. Over the last two years I have really honed in on where I want to go in the world of photography and what interests me as a photographer. Here are some photographs from different bodies of work. There is also my essay looking at Photojournalism in the Digital Age.

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Wednesday 15 June 2011

Tuesday 14 June 2011

Waltz with Bashir


Just watched the film Waltz with Bashir, Directed by Ari Folman. The Israeli film director cannot remember the horrors of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. He interviews fellow veterans to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. The documentary film is animated really well with a Citizen Kane-style recounting of what happened during 1982 Lebanese war, in which the Israel Defence Forces invaded Lebanon after an assassination attempt against the Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom. I will not say much more as this film looks at why Ari has no real memory of what happened in Lebanon. It is well worth a watch not only for the historical contents but also for the quality of the animation and illustration.