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GRADUATE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ONLINE 2016

Toby Blackman

The Impossibility of Staring Blankly

This body of work portrays Asher B. Durand's theory that one looks into a painting rather than looking at it, imagining oneself within the depicted and imagined scene when viewing the work. Although this theory relates to landscape paintings, now photographers strive for a similar idealism and forget about the cultural importance of the land in question. This work asks the question "Are we imagining ourselves in the landscape as Durand wrote, or are we relating to the idea of arcadia the idealised landscape? The Impossibility of Staring Blankly refers to us looking into the image, we cannot merely stare blankly because we feel something: the power of the romantic landscape. The scenes photographed are clichés that contemporary landscape photographers gravitate towards, imagery that is not an accurate representation of landscape, but creates romanticised visions.

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Current Course:

University of Cumbria  BA (Hons) Photography

Toby Blackman • Laura Jenkin • Matthew  Lees  • Danny McCormick • Rachel Miller •

Courses:

Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography

Ulster University Belfast
BA (Hons) Photography

Blackburn College
BA (Hons) Photographic Media

Blackpool and the Fylde
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography

Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography

Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography

IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography

Edinburgh College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography

Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography

Edinburgh Napier University
BA (Hons) Photography

Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography

Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography

University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography

University Centre, Hugh Baird College
BA (Hons) Digital Imaging & Photography

UCS Ipswich
BA (Hons) Photography

Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography

Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography

Limerick School of Art & Design
Photography & Lens Based Media - BA (Hons) Fine Art

Manchester School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography

National College of Art and Design
Photography and Digital Imaging Certificate

University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography

UCA Rochester
BA (Hons) Photography (Contemporary Practice)

Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography

Southampton Solent University
BA (Hons) Photography

Staffordshire University
BA (Hons) Photojournalism

Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts

Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography

University of the West of England
BA (Hons) Photography

Categories:

Documentary/Photojournalism

Pages:1234567

Commercial/Fashion

Pages:12

Landscape

Pages:123

Portraiture

Pages:123

Staged/Constructed

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Urban/Suburban Landscape

Pages:12