I discovered the work of Martin Schoeller many years ago and have been a fan of his photographs ever since. His large close-ups portraits of both celebrities and unknowns were a great inspiration for my own photographic work. Martin Schoeller, now age 51, was born and raised in Germany before he moved to New York... Continue Reading →

When I spoke to my lecturer Tim about my new idea for the Illuminate project, he introduced me to the work of Niina Vatanen. She is a visual artist based in Helsinki and her work is focused on different aspects of seeing and perception. Vatanen also works with archive material, which I find extremely fascinating.... Continue Reading →

When I saw the photographs of Diane Arbus for the first time, I was very impressed by them. The feelings that the images convey are beautiful, the displayed persons are shown in such an intimate and personal way. I began to research more about Arbus and found a great book in the library that collects... Continue Reading →

I found the series of photographs called “Souvenir d'un Futur” in my favourite online photography magazine “kwerfeldein” and loved it from the very beginning: French photographer Laurent Kronental documented the life of senior citizen living in large housing projects (called “Grands Ensembles”) in suburbs of Paris. Most of them were erected between 1950 and 1990... Continue Reading →

I was inspired to look into the single-channel video installation called “Traces of Exile” by Dutch photojournalist Tomas van Houtryve. He used hundreds of photographs on social media which were taken by refugees along their journey from their home country to Europe. He overlaid those “digital breadcrumbs” (van Houtryve, 2017) on slow motion videos that... Continue Reading →

My lecturer Tim Mills introduced me to the work of Anna Columbine, an artist based in Manchester who works with a range of media including drawing, installation and photography. Tim recommend me to have a closer look at her body of work "Colour Mapping- Versions", which was first shown at the exhibition In Nothing Flat at... Continue Reading →

A photo that touches me in a very emotional way is “Failure and Regret” by Brandon Kidwell, a freelance photographer from Florida who focuses on iPhone-photography and double exposure images. The photo above is part of a series of photographs called “Wisdom for my children”. Kidwell took the inspiration for it from his three children:... Continue Reading →

During the Digital Cinematics workshop, I was introduced to Philip Bloom's film “Sofia’s People” which was entirely filmed with the Canon 5DMK II and one single Zeiss 50mm F1.4 lens. Our lecturer Stuart Moore told us about the strong impact it had ten years ago when it was first published: Even though Bloom himself described it... Continue Reading →

When the artwork of David Best was shown in class, I immediately loved it! Especially his 120-metre-long wooden model of the 17th century historic Old Town of London, which was set alight in the River Thames on 4 September 2016. This project, which he called “London 1666”, was part of Great Fire 350, a city-wide... Continue Reading →