Workshop Activity Information Sheet
Smartphone Workshop – 3/12/2025
With the democratisation of photography through the smartphone, visual literacy is now the new normal.
But is it enough, or do we need to disrupt our visual recall by making photographs with an unorthodox but disciplined practice using the Smartphones Zoom function.
Can this allow us to see with clarity?
If so, how does this affect our sense vision and ultimately how we approach commissions and personal practice.
In this workshop, I want you to only make photographs using the zoom function, no postproduction cropping or zoom is allowed.
You can make the photographs around the confines of the building of the university.
Portraits can be made but only with the consent of the individuals you wish to photograph.
Be bold in the ideas of failure. What does this statement mean?
In essence it is about a discipline of recognising what you expect takes a good photograph and then not making it and walking away from that moment.
It is about embracing the unknown quality of the experimental and challenging your taught, learnt and influenced process.
How can you look beyond the ordinary, boring sometimes mundane situations around us.
It is these moments that we can see something special.
We are going to elevate the photographs we make in this session in the various areas of the university whether that’s in the studio or in the buildings/ classrooms / canteen.
You will be working individually
You will have 2.5 hours for the first part of the brief to make the photographs and deliver via we transfer, WhatsApp, text message or email.
After lunch we will meet again and discuss the process and disseminate your images.
You will be given a series of questions to answer about your experience and thoughts of this exercise.
