Expanded Photographics

It is the start of a new term/trimester of study and the second year photographics paper is one of the courses I've been looking forward to the most. Unfortunately I have discovered that I have to leave lectures half way through to attend a lecture for another course with a time clash.

I should manage, I have friends who are also taking the photographics course so I shouldn't fall behind too much.

I have briefly looked through the course outline for the course and realized that the project briefs are more to do with information gathering than the first year photographics course; this is something that I find interesting and challenging, it is a useful skill to use photography as a means of data, and it is a skill that will be useful throughout my studies and career. It nicely complements my interest in documentary film. 

Yesterday I went to the library and took out two photography books. One is titled BURG by Wolfgang Tillmans; the cover is of an animal poking its head out of a paper bag, very playful. The other book is titled UNTAMED by Steve Bloom. Bloom is a nature photographer, particularly of animals, the cover is of a bear, large and terrifying running through water towards the camera. I want to be amazed and intrigued by these two books. I want to see what each photographer has chosen to capture and  what they are trying to communicate. 

I'm ready to get back into some focused photography. And so I am looking forward to Friday's (half)lecture and tutorial.