PUNCHED 2018-2019 Punched is a series of unique hand-punched snapshots from my family archive, layered and adhered. The concept of the work is two-fold. The first is how we learn to look at the subject of snapshots – for example, a person, a dog, a building, a car. In doing so we may overlook the […]
Odette England
Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph
“In order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes.” – Roland Barthes Forty years ago, French literary theorist Roland Barthes wrote the Camera Lucida (La Chambre claire), a book and way of thinking that has influenced generations of photographers. Published in 1980, shortly before his death, the […]
Photographers on Photographers: Odette England and Raymond Meeks
This month, we feature our annual August project, Photographers on Photographers, where visual artists interview colleagues they admire. Thank you to all who have participated for their time, energies and for efforts. Today we are happy to share this interview with Odette England‘s interview with Raymond Meeks. – Aline Smithson and Brennan Booker I chose […]