Introduction to course

My name is Hannah Burgess and i am starting my second year with an open mind to photography.

I have always believed that photography is subjective. No interpretation of an image can be true or false. Likewise, I believe that one image can be connected to thousands of interpretations and understandings. Despite this, I know that photography comes with a lot of theory and am keen to understand why photography could also be argued as objective and neutral.

I thoroughly enjoyed my first year and experimenting with different compositions, textures and elements into my images. Looking back at my project: Struggle for Identity, there are a lot of parts from my project that I am very proud of, and a lot of parts I am keen to improve on this year.

This year, I want to involve a lot more artist research into my learning process. I think that this would boost my development and style that i want to take forward for my project. This approach could also benefit my inspiration and ideas process when choosing my final ideas for the module.

Last year my images were very subjective when relating to my final topic. This meant that my images were deeply analysed which sometimes could be a benefit, however, there were times when sometimes my images became lost to the project brief due to the subjectivity. I am interested in taking a more objective view to my project this year and seeing where this inspiration process could take me.