Michael Goods reflective journal: Ten images to reflect upon

Select Ten images

My tutor asked us to pick ten images so that we might group them or categorise them in class.

I never thought that what should be a relatively simple task turned out to be so tricky.

I'm not sure why, maybe it was because I was trying to pick quite different images as requested.

Or maybe it was because I was trying to pick images that meant something to me. Either way I spent a long time mulling over which images to include.

I also decided to include 1 of my own images. Something that the 1 or 2 other students did also. We were then asked in class to separate the images into 4 different groups

• Frame

• The thing itself

• Viewpoint

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This proved a tricky task as well, as it quickly became clear that several images worked on many levels. I guess that was the purpose of the task though. To show that some images worked on one level, while certain images worked on many levels. Which in turn made them more successful.

As usual one of the students decided to challenge theses ideas (frustrating as usual) rather than listen. Luckily for me my dealings with this person are fairly minimal now.

It was a very interesting lesson and it will certainly make me consider how I view or read my own photography & that of others.

It is clear that the skill of reading photography is an important one which needs developing further. Deconstruction of images is something that all photographers need to develop in my opinion.

Here are the images that I picked :