Sparkling, considered and eclectic are three adjectives to describe the work we enjoyed this month – all revealed in the May ‘Viewpoint’ e-book.
What a splendid session it was. Here’s a flavour…..
Ruth Bourne’s set, ‘Conflict’, reminded us about the importance of interpretation, assumptions and how we first read an image.
Damage to air quality and the eco-system were the focus for Clive Haynes as he went ‘Fossil Hunting After Dark’.
After visiting an exhibition of photography in Milton Keynes, Nigel Reader was inspired to discover that photo-opportunities abound everywhere – if one has the eye to see, whilst aspects of Liverpool provided the foundation for Bob Oakley’s ever-open eye. Dr. Charles Ashton’s keen attention and strong compositions presented architecture with human activity. People were also featured by Kaz Diller as we shared his interpretation of their experience struggling with umbrellas as rain fell in Dubrovnik.
We very much enjoyed two contrasting sets from Liz Gillham and Gerry McCulloch who made their debuts in the Group. Liz featured her observations of ‘women of the world’ whilst Gerry revealed his selective response to a variety of locations expressed through figurative and abstract forms.
Tessa Mills explored how we can unquestioningly and instinctively respond to a scene or subject and photograph what we see purely for our own enjoyment without asking more. If others can also enjoy the image, that’s a bonus. In many ways,’ John Hoath’s fine art approach to his material revealed very much the same thought pattern in his set.
Stewart Bourne has very bravely entered the holistic and enveloping virtual brave new world of realistic, three dimensional and almost full-sensory AI. His images provide an insight into his experience. They were all made in a vast urban virtual environment where, just as when exploring our normal, sensory, day-to-day reality; movement and positional relationships were all under his control. It makes one question what exactly it is about the world that we tacitly agree to share and mutually interact with, and what we can be so sure of.
Our two ‘Outside Sources’ provided very different and inspiring approaches.
Jason Gardner’s ‘Quiet Resonance’ contemplated the value of individual images, whilst Aaron Huey’s ecological disaster-aware themed pictures, ‘Wallpaper for the End of the World’, posed food for thought.
Links:
Quiet Resonance
Wallpaper for the End of the World
All members’ work from our session can be seen in our Viewpoint e-book for this month. Click on the image below or this link: Viewpoint and choose the May 2024 edition. The same link provides access to many previous issues of ‘Viewpoint’ - a fascinating treasure-trove waiting for you to explore!
Please note, we’re taking a break in June. The next CPG meeting will be on 4th July.
