Consumption

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• Hi – here is my write up of yesterday’s visit!
  http://jointheaadpp.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/prix-pictet-consumption.html

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• That was quick! Just seen this news:-
  http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/05/prix-pictet-winner-dies/

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• Sad news and a loss to the world of photography.
  It was an interesting visit, as ever, for all kinds of reasons and I appreciated Clive’s encouragement to focus on how all the works connected with my current practice..
  I was surprised that I ended up being most drawn towards Boris Mikhailov’s work http://www.prixpictet.com/portfolios/consumption-shortlist/boris-mikhailov/ . My first thought was, “Oh – it’s just like snapshots”, but then I found myself drawn in to those quite small images – searching for what was going on in the scene (some of them quite surprising!). I could imagine myself being there. Clive referred to vernacular photography, what’s going on in the photographer’s life. This appeals to me very much and I’ve found in recent weeks that I’ve been more and more aware of photographers who focus on their more immediate experiences and environments.

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  • interesting … I have tended to be wary of Mikhailov’s images of banality but in this exhibition, I found his work resonated … since he is photographing his home town in the Ukraine the work surely has extra significance.

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• Great to see everyone – here is my blog about the visit: http://helendigitalfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/prix-pictet-fifth-cycle-consumption.html

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