Post assignment 1

I have sent off and received feedback for the first assignment. The assignment was interesting for getting me to think about a few things particularly the context of the image (which can be implied, but anything outside of the frame is missing in a single picture) and the response to the picture (which will differ amongst different viewers as well as between a viewer and the photographer).
It was also interesting for conveying something (the contrast illustrated by the photo) to the viewer. I asked a few friends to guess what I was trying to convey in each picture and was surprised when they actually got most of them, including ones that I didn't think were so clear.

I was pleasantly surprised by the detail in the tutor feedback for this assignment. Particularly useful is the reference to other photographers (e.g. Minor White) that I might want to look at, and the recommendation of the book 'The Ongoing Moment' by Geoff Dyer. The feedback also got me thinking about the comparison between poetry and photography which I hope to explore at some later point.