Mimi then talked us through some of his major projects and patiently answered our questions, which ranged from the motivation for his work; to the challenges he has had to face working on the street.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a one particularly interesting aspect of the discussion was how working in the reportage/documentary field had changed over the years. He talked about being optimistic about the talent that was coming through but that some people were getting a break very early on and then being discarded without having gained a depth of experience.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a publishers are still commissioning but there are noticeable trends, with portraiture being in vogue at the moment. He described the challenges that the internet has brought, one of his images being repeatedly appropriated unpaid and uncredited, but that it has created opportunities too.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

There was much discussion of the men in the field and perhaps not surprisingly martin parr’s name was mentioned a lot. No disrespect to mimi, martin or the group but it left me wanting to acknowledge the women too.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a so, I’d like to recognise: margaret bourke white, lynsey addario, susan meiselas, melissa springer, alexandra avakian, noura tabet, and marie colvin to name just a few.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

During the session I had the chance to talk to mimi about my assignment five sketchbook; he was very supportive of the approach and particularly picked up on the binary code crow.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a we also discussed how to strike a balance between pushing yourself outside your comfort zone and it becoming paralysing to the point where it is counter productive.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

I’m not sure how coherent my introduction was but I tried to explain how this had grown out of my reflections on the influence of abstract painting on my work during DI&C, primarily expressionism (die bruke) and abstract expressionism (colour field).Cognitive psychologists define learning as a inevitably rothko was mentioned and I think that perhaps overshadowed the other influences because his work is the most well known.

I explained how I was trying to look at the ‘essence’ of landscape, and create images that are intended to evoke emotions rather than be representations.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a I described how I consider them as memoryscapes, in that they were calling into being memories of landscapes throughout my life so they are not distinct or clear and have many layers.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a the silver birch series is about my recollection of a beautiful silver birch in the garden as a child and how I loved the way it shimmered in the sunlight.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a so in my recent trip to chobham common it was no surprise I was drawn to them. The brilliant sunshine and the red glow from the bracken also reminded me of the colours of living closer to the equator as a child.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

Overall, the response from the group seemed positive. Mimi’s feedback was very helpful and he selected the images that still had some reference points for the viewer to be able to identify a landscape.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a he described them as having beauty and other group members felt that this could form the beginnings of ‘beauty and the sublime’ (assignment one for the landscape module), which was partly what I had been thinking about.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

Another interesting point was a question about whether they had the same intensity of a rothko painting if that was a source of influence. This was a useful challenge and is something I have reflected on.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a I feel comfortable that this may be something we can agree to disagree on. I do feel the intensity is there, particularly in ‘blue/green’ (ICM made at the local lake) and this seemed to be echoed by other members of the group who felt it evoked an emotional response.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a I think it was unfortunate that rothko had become the main point of reference as colour field was a broad collection of styles and I have drawn on that breadth as I indicated in my learning log ( abstract expressionism).Cognitive psychologists define learning as a there is also, obviously, a distinction between copying and being influenced by. This is, however, a useful point, as audiences will not always have that backstory.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a I noted how rich mimi’s already deeply engaging images became for me, as we heard his backstory, it gave an added dimension.

This has made me think back to ‘australian childhood’ and how I might bring in family album images again.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a I had wondered about including some of those early landscapes in some form. I think as well as ‘essence,’ one of the things I am also interested is the underlying narrative of the landscape and the secrets it may contain (like the migrant children stories) – the lake I have been revisiting for several years now was human made and was required as a run off for the new housing estate.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a originally the land was an enormous plant nursery, famed for rhododendrons and clematis. It was a source of employment and green space that was replaced with what at the time of its construction was the largest housing estate in europe.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a

Following my project we looked at the work of two other TVG members and it was incredibly useful to hear how mimi approached his critique, and the things he focused on.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a one project consisted of a set of small images that recorded the capital redevelopment of a cultural centre in london. We were invited to look at the selection and ordering of the images for a forthcoming exhibition.Cognitive psychologists define learning as a it was enlightening to see how mimi undertook the task and he drew a clear distinction between: