Nicola South Student number: 514516
Below are the links to my learning log entries that support the stated course learning outcomes.
LO1 Demonstrate detailed knowledge of visual and conceptual strategies in documentary practice and be able to explore your own critical documentary photographic projects.
Early in the documentary course I attended a virtual event at the Photographer’s Gallery which reacquainted me with the visual technique of “slow looking”, that has now become an integral part of my practice. This led me to the Artist talk by Mark Neville, whose work had been to subject of this session. The concept behind his practice became an inspiration to my documentary work, for reasons detailed in my blog entry learning points from his talk, but most especially the last four learning points I have bulleted in bold type; the last 2 of these influenced the direction of my 5th assignment and I believe these particular concepts will figure strongly in my level 3 work as well: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/learning-log-research-and-reflection/photographer-talks/mark-neville-4-3-20/
A talk by Fred Ritchen at the Lumix virtual festival gave me much to reflect on when storytelling visually and pointed me towards my choice of subject for my critical review: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/learning-log-research-and-reflection/photographer-talks/fred-ritchen-22-6-20/
My reading of a book by Levi Strauss and a talk given by him, gave me strong direction in some of my work, most particularly my assignment 5 submission Layers of truth: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/research/a5-research/a5-additional-research/levi-strauss/
LO2 Demonstrate an awareness of the wider social and cultural contexts in which documentary photography operates and be able to discuss relevant ethical perspectives in relation to your own practice.
For this LO I would point assessors towards my critical review, signposted by this blog post: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/submissions/assignment-4-submission-critical-review/a4-submission/
The following post as well as my reflections on my general learning in Part 4, illustrates my articulation of wider social and cultural issues and ethical practice in the work of others, and my alertness to such issues: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/learning-log-research-and-reflection/reflection/a4-reflection/my-learning-part-4/
I would also signpost my reflections on my assignment 5 draft which demonstrates that I have used my awareness of ethical perspectives in my own work, and my consciousness of the tensions contained in both expressing a point of view and maintaining objectivity: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/learning-log-assignments-2/assignment-5-personal-project/a5-reflections-against-assessment-criteria/
LO3 Explore and realise a range of ideas and creative starting points, and exercise judgement in the production of visual material.
This learning log post explains the development of my creative starting points and visual material before I presented the draft assignment, as well as the processes involved in the many changes that I made before I finalised the draft: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/learning-log-assignments-2/assignment-3-visual-storytelling-learning-log-assignments/a3-learning-log/
My pre assessment review assignment 6 evidences how I have reassessed and used further judgement when presenting my visual material for assignments 1, 2,3 and 5: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/category/submissions/assignment-6-submission-pre-assessment-review/a6-submission/
LO4 Manage learning resources, conduct self-directed contextual and visual research, and be able to appraise your progress with increasing confidence.
I would point assessors towards my contextual research for my assignment 5: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/2021/04/09/research-assignment-five-contextual-research/
I would also signpost this blog post which captures my additional research for assignment 3, how I assimilated this and how it helped me to develop assignment 3: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/2020/11/01/research-assignment-3/
LO5 Demonstrate increasing autonomy and a developing personal voice and exercise your communication skills confidently and interact effectively within a learning group.
I have participated in many student led learning groups throughout the course. The following post merely evidences four of the student led documentary hangout group meetings that I’ve been a part of regularly. It also contains links to the other meetings of that group and my meetings with a regional OCA group. It also shows where these interactions have helped to shape my practice:
To further support evidence of this learning objective I am including the blog post of a recent
Photography Panel Discussion “How to be a creative learner”, facilitated by OCA tutor Andrea Norrington: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/2021/07/08/research-and-reflection-photography-panel-discussion/
Next Post: https://nkssite5.photo.blog/2021/08/02/assessment-course-reflection-and-evaluation/
Photography 2: Documentary 