Thursday, 9 December 2010

Joe Cornish - Landscape Photographer




Lecture

Joe Cornish came into college to give a presentation on his life and work on Wednesday 8/12/10. His presentation was inspiring and he discussed his whole ethos behind his work and the reasons he takes certain shots. Obviously a lot of his work is now done as a commercial job but some work he has done is just for pure enjoyment. All his work is based on art, craft and emotion which he tries to put into all of his work if he is taking shots for enjoyment or an assignment. Before the lecture I wasn't sure that I wanted to research him but after listening to Joe talk and seeing some of his images I have now decided to include him within my research on nature photography.

Research


Joe Cornish was born in exeter in 1958, he studied art at university where his passion for photography started and after graduating in 1980 he went on to work with studio and car photographers for a few years helping him to build on his skills in commercial photography.

This career path didn't happen following a meeting with Charlie Waite he inspired him to pursue his passion of the outdoors and undertake travel photography with much of his work featuring in travel books which led to a partnership with the national trust. To help progress his skills as a landscape photographer Joe moved to Yorkshire in 1993 and is now devoted to landscape photography especially in wild places.

Joe has been involved with a raft of books for the national trust and then his own books which include First Light, a Landscape photographers art and Scotland's coast.





My own work comparisons




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3 comments:

  1. Mr Steve14 December 2010 at 06:56

    Hi
    Its great that you were able to come to the talk and see his work alongside the stories. The images are a small part of all the background and prep work he does, to put him a certain place at a certain time.
    Often the main part of photography is just that, preparation!
    Good to see that you are comparing your work to his, talk to me about this as its vital we expand this a bit further.
    I will help you with the labels , but you must try to identify where each blog fits into your personal work.

    Steve


    Steve

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  2. Mr Steve16 December 2010 at 06:14

    Also I filmed the whole talk so a quicktime movie will be available after xmas that you can upload to your blog, do as much as you can over xmas period as regards photography, winter weather, snow get out there!!
    Label up your blogs alongside your criteria as best you can to help and I will go through them with you.
    Also bring all your shortlisted images around 40 for each theme with you to next class on 6th jan. merry xmas !!

    Steve

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  3. Mr Steve15 March 2011 at 03:08

    Hi
    Well done and congratulations!!
    You have achieved a Pass in both of your units,
    On close inspection I have found enough value in your work and web based presentation for you to achieve a pass on this course, even though you didn't attend as much as you should have done.
    The certificates will go through the system and arrive in due course.
    Hope to see you back for more!!

    Steve

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