First meeting with my tutor

24-05-2018 Hang Out video call with Andy Hughes

We introduced selves and Andy had looked at some of my previous images I have on Flickr as background to where I am now. We also discussed differences between my previous studies in science and this in the arts. Andy emphasised similarities such as researching sources and critical reading, as well as qualitative methodologies comparable to that used in some of my previous work; I had not thought of these previously.

We agreed deadline for my first assignment – end of August.

I discussed my initial thoughts on this in terms of exploring my home of Glossop as transitional between

• highlands of the Pennines and the Cheshire plain
• rural and urban
• industrial and post-industrial

Andy suggested I look at the concept of “drosscape”

He also suggested other general sources to go to for my research in terms of journals, books and websites.

“Drosscape – concept
Artist Photographer: Richard Misrach – Robert Adams – The New Topographics – and others who are part of the group, Lewis Baltz
Magazines and online journals such as FOAM, BJP, APERTURE
Also William Eggleston – the father of modern colour photography and master of the uncanny, famililar and unfamiliar spaces, spent many years exploring his home town of memphis usa
Might also be worth looking at Fay Godwin, with reference to walking, the moors, and poetry ..”

Andy’s summary of things to consider

My next immediate actions will be to explore “drosscape” and start a sketchbook of ideas for my first assignment, as well as ideas to maybe explore in future work.