Video Tutorial and Written Feedback 5
Notes from the Video Tutorial
In this meeting we focused more on the visual work, because there will be other opportunities, and also the working groups, to deepen the research part.
My Tutor was impressed by my level of organization which is a valuable asset to support my practice beyond graduation.
I was very pleased that my way of taking pictures was appreciated and shows a creative eye.
We then took a quick look at the learning log, where I set up the part concerning the flaneur: since, in the critical review, I deepen the different interpretations of the figure of the flaneur in historical periods, we agreed not to mention and analyze only the most known authors, but to reserve the second part of the critical review for more modern interpretations, up to the so-called "cyberflaneur".
I mentioned an Italian author, Piergiorgio Branzi, who, at least in Italy, is considered the "modern flaneur".
I then presented my ideas on the final outcome: a photobook (title "Resonances") with about 40 photos. My Tutor suggested that such definitive choices, when the work has yet to emerge in its meaning and final content, are premature.
Then we examined the padlet which contains around 140 photos, grouped by common content and techniques.
I referred to the fact that I submitted the padlet to my fellow students (this is one of the objectives of project 6) and that I received some valuable advice.
In any case, the padlet is like a work table for me and allows me to have an overview of the selection I made so far, identifying areas that I would like to develop further, with an additional winter drift, when the weather is different and the colors will change.
I also referred to a suggestion from a fellow student of mine, who remembered author Tatarenko when he saw the "ghosts" group.
My Tutor reminded me that in this unit it is also a matter of trying various approaches, to be consolidated in the next unit.
We examined in particular the "Shadows" group, where I use the silouhette technique, which my Tutor liked, as well as the anonymity of the subjects, shot from behind and dark. This part deserves further development, also because it recalls Edgar Allan Poe, Sophie Calle and a certain way of being a flaneur / stalker.
As for the "Absence" group, it was remarked that this theme is somewhat overused in photography.
The tutor also suggested that the final body of work could be a set of cards that, put together, retain the sense of the groups that were approached in the padlet.
The group "No country for young men" was judged very good.
The "Ghosts" group is the result of an experiment that starts from Eugene Atget and could be enriched with other images, perhaps pushing this technique even further, as did the author Tatarenko.
In conclusion, my Tutor judged my visual work to be high potential, also because it can be expanded into more dimensions, and this will be useful for the next unit.