Landscape Module Reflections
I've enjoyed the landscape module and it’s moved me far away from what I had originally deemed the genre to be and has opened my mind much more. As a result I do have a number of plans for some future long term landscape projects which I will pursue as part of my own photographic practice. I love the word practice as it’s certainly what I'm doing though it’s scary if you think about this as a patient at a medical practice.
I'm struggling to be able to fully realise my thoughts in images I create but I feel the gap may be slightly smaller than when I started and I am accepting of this. I continue to strive toward having them meet one day. On the plus side it’s given me so much to think about and explore outside of this course. That thought actually brings me joy because whilst as a degree it may give something scholarly in terms of achievement my actual ambition is to want my photography and my development to continue both alongside and after when I complete it and this to be a stepping stone to achieving it.
I think for the first time initially as part of Assignment 5 but certainly at Assignment 6 I have produced an assignment that feels very personal and I think for the first time can say I have produced a set of images that feel part of me or I feel part of them. I don’t think this means I have finally found my artistic voice but I do think I’m starting to communicate and this pleases me.
Finally I must give thanks to my tutor who has encouraged me and helped me progress and develop my work. At this stage halfway through the degree course I look back at my initial work and responses to the assignments and I can feel how much I have progressed and also how my outlook and vision has changed.
I will be very pleased if my progress continues to accelerate at this speed with help from future tutors toward my degree but most importantly to my development and also enhanced enjoyment of creating art well after my degree has been completed
