Photographers and research: the role of research in contemporary photographic practice

Abstract

This ground-breaking book situates research at the heart of photographic practice, asking the key question: What does research mean for photographers? Illuminating the nature and scope of research and its practical application to photography, the book explores how research provides a critical framework to help develop awareness, extend subject knowledge, and inform the development of photographic work. The authors consider research as integral to the creative process and, through interviews with leading photographers, explore how photographers have embedded research strategies into their creative practice.

Contents

Foreword / Peter Kennard -- Introduction / Shirley Read and Mike Simmons. Cast studies : Edmund Clark -- Hanna Collins -- Subhankar Banerjee -- Grace Lau -- John Darwell -- Judy Harrison -- Tom Hunter -- Ingrid Pollard -- Deborah Padfield -- Susan Derges -- Mandy Barker -- Martin Hartley -- Deborah Bright -- Simon Norfolk. Photographers and research in higher education : Thu Thuy Pham -- Charlotte Fox -- Maria Paschalidou. Essays : Patricia Townsend: between inner and outer worlds -- Shirley Read: finding and knowing - thinking about ideas -- Janina Struk: a photographer in the archive -- Conohar Scott: collaborative working -- Mike Simmons: documenting the process -- Sian Bonnell: lessons from the audience -- Camilla Brown: in the public domain - a curator's perspective. Contributor biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Index.