Self-Landscapes
Reflections on Photography
by Michael C Coldwell
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About the Book
Self-Landscapes began by accident. An otherwise perfect photograph of the city ruined by my shadow, or my reflection in some window, invading the frame without permission.
Then I began to take these "selfies" deliberately. I became fascinated by them. They seemed to defy categorisation. They were not landscape or street photography in the strictest sense, neither were they self portraits, explorations of identity. With my face obscured by the camera in almost every shot, my identity was only 'photographer'.
The act of photography itself was being photographed, and therefore in some way interrogated.
Then I began to take these "selfies" deliberately. I became fascinated by them. They seemed to defy categorisation. They were not landscape or street photography in the strictest sense, neither were they self portraits, explorations of identity. With my face obscured by the camera in almost every shot, my identity was only 'photographer'.
The act of photography itself was being photographed, and therefore in some way interrogated.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
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Project Option: Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
# of Pages: 40 - Publish Date: May 14, 2014
- Language English
- Keywords art photography, street photography, urban landscape, photography theory, self portrait, michael c coldwell
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About the Creator
Michael C Coldwell
Leeds, UK
Artist working in photography, film and sound. Currently conducting research in media and communication at the University of Leeds, Coldwell's work investigates the philosophy of time, memory, spectrality and the changing urban environment, through interdisciplinary and experimental praxis. Coldwell also makes electronic music and art under the name Conflux Coldwell and as part of the Urban Exploration collective.