Phillip Toledano

My dad died two years ago, maybe this is why I find this subject interesting.

Is it ok to take photos of people dying??????

Richard Avedon

Chasing the sun

I always listen to radio 4, and find lots of interesting programs about the art world and genrally great shows about everything.
Being a slow reader, who has always struggled,  I find listening to the radio and watching TV more my thing.
This is a series that's on at the mo, that I listen to on my way into college.
Episode 4  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmnlj/Book_of_the_Week_Chasing_the_Sun_Episode_4/

Another exhibition

Came across this while I was waiting for a film to be processed in my lovely local Asda,
I always forget about The Grant Bradley Gallery.
I had already been to see Barry Cawson's photos at the Paintworks, but it was great to see them again.
I thought it was a strange collection of work, or maybe it was having Barry Cawsons work there?
The theme is a real mix, but they are all photographers from the Bristol area, mostly showing an urban, documentry style of work from the 80s and 90s in Bristol.
Its on till the 6th Jan and i think worth a visit even if i found it a bit disjointed

Gucci Guilty advert

Notes and link bellow, as only just found out how to do this!!!

Newspapers

I have been to 3 college libraries to find the daily papers to look at, to see what days I would find useful in my pathway, and generally for creative practices. 

I couldn't find a weeks worth of papers on one day, but did look at that day,

Wednesday: 

The Independant

Britain Arts, mostly about theater page 20

World picture of the day

Arts and books reviews mostly music and visual art

(Friday) Artical in the arts section about London's Lisson Gallery exhibiting contraversial artist Ai Weiwei

The Times

2 pull out, fashion, arts, theatre and performance

The Guardian

G2 gift ideas no arts

photo on page 21 - Tang Chhin Sothy, Phnom Penh 'shoes'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/23/cambodia-stampede-phnom-penh# 

We get the Guardian most weeks on a Saturday and the Observer on a Sunday, and find I have discovered new photographers, to me in both the magazines and the review section on a Sat.

Gucci Guilty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXGxOmsWtiA&NR=1

Scribbly notes about advert for Gucci Guilty

I have always liked this ad, maybe because it is very cinematic, which I am interested in.  

It is playing on old film stereotypes, such as Sci Fi in the first shots, through old westerns to gangster and film Noir, but all in a graphic novel style.

By playing on these old stereotypes of genres, it can create an atmosphere and tell a story very quickly.

I didn't realise straight away, that it is an ad by Frank Miller, who made Sin City,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKFLrTYKIXk

which probably explains the use of black and white film, with just the hint of colour, only on the lady in the advert (is she wearing the perfume?)

A lot of Gucci ads are very cinematic and in themselves are short films. This is only made possible by our knowledge of cinema and their genres.