THE SECTARIAN MURDER SERIES Paul Seawright, Professor of Photography and Head of Belfast School of Art at the University of Ulster, visited the locations of 1970’s sectarian murders near his home in Belfast in order to take photographs.  The resulting 6 images printed as C-type prints in an edition of 5 are collectively referred to as […]Read Post ›

I have been following and contributing to an interesting and developing forum on the OCA website which has thrown up many issues and ideas for me to consider.   The link to the thread is : –   http://www.oca-student.com/content/personal-voice It started off as a discussion on the question of a ‘personal voice’ and the merits of finding […]Read Post ›

This first Exercise asks me to find some examples of news stories where ‘citizen journalism’ has exposed or highlighted abuses of power.  It then asks the questions : –  How do these pictures affect the story, if at all? Are these pictures objective? Can pictures ever be objective? ‘Citizen journalism’ is a recent concept which […]Read Post ›