Shot my first roll of black and white today that was fun, I haven’t developed it yet so I’m excited about that. It came about after a conversation with Dave Hazel who is one of the photography lecturers. I have a plan but I don’t know how to put it together. When I talk to photographers they say ‘aw it’s easy’, but I don’t have the confidence in the process and it’s all a bit start stop. So I need to check each step of the way. It may well do people’s heads in but I want to learn.
I’ve been reading up on critical thinking too. It seems the gist of it is to question arguments by looking at how they’ve been backed up. It’s a spiral. Someone writes, says or does something and someone else questions it. From there someone else questions their opinion using more evidence. Maybe it’s like being a detective or maybe more like a lawyer presenting a case and backing it up with evidence. So can I do it? Can I critically analyse work, can I see through the opinions of others, and come back with opinions of my own that are backed up with evidence? Well I have to start somewhere and I need a deadline because that will make me do it. So I give myself one week to critically analyse the work of Janine Antoni which I will post here next Monday night.
