RCA Secret 2009

These are my two images that were featured in the RCA Secret this November. They are just scans taken from the website.

"A British Holiday"

"Happy Christmas"

Blackpool Art Fair - Grundy Art Gallery

These are some images i shot on some out of date Reala film in San Fransico. This first image is currently on show in the Blackpool Art Fair. The exhibition runs until the 2nd Jan 2010.

The remaining images are part of the set.

Week Five - People and Place

Title:

“PSL - People and Place”

Introduction:

You have been asked to submit a series of 6 images to PSL (Project Space Leeds), a relatively new gallery, on the theme of people and places.

Details:

One image is required for submission.

The image can be any format or style you wish, as long as it fits into a cohesive series.

School (Now Flats)

First Flat, Above Beauty Salon

Hospital, Where her Daughter was Born

Train Station, to represent Travel and taking her daughter to and from her Dad

Bedroom, first house thats just hers

Supercollider (with work), first exhibition outside of college

This series continues with another 3 images but the breif specifies only 6

Week Four - Litter Campaign

Title:

“Litter Campaign”

Introduction:

You have been asked to create an image to be used as a front for a campaign against the ever increasing amount of litter in the UK.

Details:

One image is required for submission.

The image needs to clearly show there is excess litter in a new way so that the message about not dropping litter can be reinforced to the public.

This image is the 3rd idea for the brief as each previous idea became more unachieveable within a week. Origianlly i wanted 'Raining Litter' to be shot outdoors and for it to be literally raining litter on my model. This failed due to the high winds and heavy rain throughout the week. My next idea was created through Chris Jordans latest project (www.chrisjordan.com) and my aim was to gut a pidgeon and fill it with litter. Unfortunately we did not find a dead pidgeon (or other bird) in time and so the idea has to be put behind. We later found and disected a pidgeon, the results of which can be found here: http://petebenjamin.blogspot.com/2009/12/insides.html

Instead this idea is suppose to represent humans as animals and how we wouldnt eat litter so why make them. However again as the weather wasnt compatible, it had to be shot in the studio, which has made the environment too clean

Week Three - 4.48 Psychosis

Title:

“4.48 Psychosis”

Introduction:

To mark the 10 years since Sarah Kane’s final play ‘4.48 psychosis’ was originally performed, then director James Macdonald will redirect the play on 23^rd June 2010, exactly 10 years on. A statement image is needed to appear on the front of the commemorative program guide attendees can purchase.

Details:

One image is required for submission.

The image needs to be simple but eye catching, and needs to portray the character(s) in the play without assigning them any personal, identifiable traits.

Week Two - Marks and Spencers

Title:

“Dinner Party”

Introduction:

Uprising chef Joe Bloggs has designed a Dinner Party for Marks and Spencers, you are needed to take the photographs of each course for use on the packaging and also in the advertising.

Details:

There needs to be an image of each of the 3 courses and 1 of the wine that is recommended to accompany the meal.

Remember that Marks and Spencers are known for sexualising their food using rich colours on black background, bear this in mind when shooting your images

In Hindsight, this is not the best work. But it is part of the 5 week breifs