Feeling a bit Nan Goldin-esque...



Nan goldin -  My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris

I purchased a pack of the Impossible Project polaroid black and white film 600ASA which has 8 slides in a pack - I got it earlier this year and have been waiting for the right moment to use it. Then I forgot about it for months and it was only about a week ago that I thought about it after having a browse through my polaroid book by Taschen. I have an old polaroid camera that I bought in a vintage shop in Sheffield two years ago and I thought Christmas Day would be the perfect time to finally test it out. It is a straightforward camera, its a shove the film in and point and shoot - it has a built in flash and there is no focus control which reminded me of the work of Nan Goldin where she doesnt look to focus her image, in many ways it enhances the truthfulness of her images.

When photographing I kept in mind her style and you can see two of my photographs below (the rest can be found on my Flickr page).

My Bed, Drakes Park

 

Jack

Buckland Abbey Calendar

If you click on window number 2 on the picture you'll see one of my photographs I took this year at the Buckland Abbey Craft Fair - it's not a very good photo, they could have chosen a better one but hey I'm just happy that they credited me for once!http://ntsouthwest-seasons.org.uk/christmas/

It ended with a little dance...

My application was successful to study in Budapest next year!! I heard back in late November so I have left it a month to actually talk about it on my blog as it has been a hectic term at college. But here I am, a few days after Christmas and I finally have some time to myself.
I was at work when my friend called to say we had both got in and the office was rather surprised when I came out of the kitchen doing a little dance and looking incredibly happy - they eventually got the reason for my ecstatic mood when I had settled down. I now have about a month and a half to find some accommadation and prepare to leave home for 4 months. I really think this trip is going to develop my photography as it has produced so many amazing photographers like Moholy-Nagy, Brassai, Munkasci, Barlogh - I could go on! And the Moholy Nagy Institute of Art and Design is a very prestigious university so to have that on my cv is an extra string to my bow and I have always been interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire, so to see the city itself has been a dream of mine for years and now I'll be able to live and photograph the city for 4 months! My next update on Budapest may be in February when I am about to leave so until then....