The first copies of the book were delivered from the printers on 13 August in time for the launch and exhibition at Anise Gallery, London on 15 August. Some images from Verso are posted below. and the following link will take you to a PDF of the complete book: Verso The … Continue reading Update -17 August 2019: publication of Verso, launch and exhibition
Journal
Update – 25 July 2019
Verso has now printed and I am expecting to take delivery of 150 copies prior to the launch at Anise Gallery on 15 August. The reprographic process proved surprisingly complex, involving production of numerous test prints (and visits to Victoria Forrest's studio in Bristol) before a pleasing and consistent colour palette could be achieved. Simultaneously, … Continue reading Update – 25 July 2019
Update – 5 July 2019
Verso is rapidly approaching the point of printing and publication. The final design has been agreed (including thumbnails and captions). I have written a short afterword and a distinguished professional colleague (and Heaney-lover) from Dublin has kindly contributed a foreword. As for reprographics, two sets of image-proofs have been produced and there will be … Continue reading Update – 5 July 2019
Update – 11 June 2019
As anticipated in my earlier post, I travelled to Bristol on 4 June for a further meeting with Victoria Forrest. Also present at the meeting was a student on the MA Photography course at the University of the West of England who was undertaking “work shadow” experience in Victoria’s studio. In the course of a … Continue reading Update – 11 June 2019
Update – May 2019
Following discussions with Victoria Forrest, my designer, the original concept of a single photo book covering the landscapes of both W B Yeats and Seamus Heaney has been abandoned. We both felt that, in order to give adequate space to both poets, the book would have become unwieldy and lacking unity of tone and subject. … Continue reading Update – May 2019
Update – March 2019
The first study block of the Final Major Project module has presented a number of logistical challenges owing to an extended lecturing trip to Hong Kong in February and March which, combined with the necessary preparatory work, has left me with only limited time to devote to the project. In fact, time constraints in the … Continue reading Update – March 2019
Sustainable prospects: work in progress contacts
Sustainable prospects: weeks 7-11
For the reasons mentioned in an earlier post, my resolutely non-commercial approach has made it difficult for me fully to engage with the topics in this module. However, I have enjoyed a number of the the presentations which have provided interesting insights into the world of advertising, the fine-art market and social media. The five … Continue reading Sustainable prospects: weeks 7-11
Sustainable prospects: oral presentation
Some thoughts on other photographers
I have reported elsewhere in this journal on my recent visit to Ireland, undertaken in furtherance of my final major project: Second visit to Yeats country This entry concerns some of the photographers who may, consciously or otherwise, have influenced my approach to photographing the Irish landscape. Jem Southam – his sequence “The River – Winter” … Continue reading Some thoughts on other photographers
