CHARTERS SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
REALLY USEFUL LINKS TO PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED WEBSITES
Reading list
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes
Photo Idea Index by Jim Krause
Basic Critical Theory for Photographers by Ashley Le Grange
How to Read a Photograph by Ian Jeffrey
What Makes Great Photography by Val Williams
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WEBSITES
http://www.photoawards.com/
http://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2015-2016/grand-prize/
http://www.photocontestinsider.com/
http://www.igpoty.com/
http://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2015-2016/grand-prize/
http://www.photocontestinsider.com/
http://www.igpoty.com/
Nick Brandt - environment and animals
Levon Biss - Insects - watch the video
Jo Bradford - greenislandstudios.co.uk darkroom work
Matthew Maran - wildlife photographer
David Baker - seascapes
Sue Flood - environment travel photographer
Nick Livesey - Mountains
Nick Danziger - travel photographer
Tony Dilger - wildlife photographer
Jono Renton - environment panoramas
Lucas Gilman - environment lifestyles
Steve Gosling - landscapes
Jon Sparks - environment UK
Lee Acaster - environments
Joe Cornish - environment landscapes
Paris Photo
An annual international art fair www.parisphoto.com
Camera techniques
Are you interested in Learning more about how to take photographs?
Do you want to improve your camera technique and photo shoot set ups?
Then click on the link below and select the tutorial that best suits your needs.
http://learnmyshot.com/tutorials/
Do you want to improve your camera technique and photo shoot set ups?
Then click on the link below and select the tutorial that best suits your needs.
http://learnmyshot.com/tutorials/
Museums and Galleries
The Photographers Gallery
http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/
http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/
The National Media Museum
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/
Saatchi Gallery
http://www.saatchiart.com/photography
http://www.saatchiart.com/photography
Online articles
Drone photographer captures winter in Lithuania
Karolis Janulis has been using a drone to take pictures of his homeland, Lithuania, from the air.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35344613
Karolis Janulis has been using a drone to take pictures of his homeland, Lithuania, from the air.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35344613
Mini adventures with toy cars
Kim Leuenberger is covering the Goodwood Revival, which starts on Friday, where she will be photographing some of the most expensive cars ever produced, as well as capturing the nostalgia of motoring. Yet she is more used to shooting far smaller models - toy cars set in the landscape.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34191506
Kim Leuenberger is covering the Goodwood Revival, which starts on Friday, where she will be photographing some of the most expensive cars ever produced, as well as capturing the nostalgia of motoring. Yet she is more used to shooting far smaller models - toy cars set in the landscape.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34191506
The beauty of the Montreal Metro
This is the work of Canadian architectural photographer Chris Forsyth who has been looking to show how beautiful design is all around us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34679942
This is the work of Canadian architectural photographer Chris Forsyth who has been looking to show how beautiful design is all around us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34679942
BBC Silent Forest
It may be more than 70 years since the end of World War Two and the liberation of the concentration camps, but photographers are still drawn to explore the physical remains of the sites where the Holocaust took place.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34898899
It may be more than 70 years since the end of World War Two and the liberation of the concentration camps, but photographers are still drawn to explore the physical remains of the sites where the Holocaust took place.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34898899
BBC 100 Women 2015: A journey from maid to photographer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-34787072
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-34787072
A BBC article based on the abandoned buildings of the Eastern block photographed by Christian Richter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019.
A BBC article showing the lives of loggers on the West Coast of the United States photographed by Larry Fink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-33461429
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-33461429
A BBC article on photographer Edwin Smith from the 1950s and 60s, who captured subtle layers of light and texture in scenes of everyday life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29521098
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29521098
A BBC article showing the work of Shirley Baker one of the leading photographers of the past century.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-29410300
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-29410300
Tate Shots - videos by artists or curators about their work
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/audio-video/search?f[]=im_vid_46:1856&solrsort=is_end_date asc, is_start_date asc, is_published_date desc
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/audio-video/search?f[]=im_vid_46:1856&solrsort=is_end_date asc, is_start_date asc, is_published_date desc
A BBC article exploring Bright neon strips of light that punctuate the dark skies of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia by the photographer Celine Stella.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35006017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35006017