Jodies work made the front page of the Sunday Times Spectrum - Fantastic...
JODIE PAIGE PRINCE
Can now be added to my list of Photographers, although you don't need a degree to be a photographer !
Here is a sample of Jodies work from the exhibition...
I dont know what I was expecting but as I had been looking at everyones photos, industrial landscapes, drug user types, and one of a mortuary, I must say it was a delight to see such bold brightness. Something really different and unexpected. Its probably something I wouldn't have thought of to do, but it looks like it was fun and it was nice to see something very different from the others. The colours are very cheerful and have formed interesting patterns. It must have taken lots of water and mistakes before getting the final results.
I might have a try and see what I can come up with, not with the model though - she must have been very obliging. It looks a somewhat messy project - thats the mum in me - can only think of the clearing up afterwards ! So firstly I will stick to a small bowl of water....
HUGO BURNAND - THE ROYAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
As it is the wedding of Kate & William I thought I would look at their official Royal Photographer.
Hugo Burnand, 47, has been entrusted to capture a number of royal occasions in recent years, including Prince Charles 60th and his marriage to Camilla.
An old Harrovian, a society photographer known for his charm and discretion as well as his talent for portraits. He has photographed numerous celebrities, he was also responsible for the wedding photographs for David and Samantha Cameron in 1996.
Burnand lives in Notting Hill, London and has worked for Tatler Magazine since 1993. He met William when he photographed him at a polo match and again at his fathers 2nd wedding in 2005.
He too lost his mother in a car accident in 1964, the year after he was born. His father remarried in 1967 to Ursy Burnand - she is also a photographer - and assisted at the Royal Wedding shoot.
He was born in Cannes, France, 24 September 1963 and he won his first photography prize when he was 7, at Cheam School, which was also attended by Prince Phillip and Prince Charles.
During his time at Harrow he became the unofficial photographer of the school taking portraits of the leavers.
He did not become a professional photographer until 1991 after a string of various jobs.
Burnand has a wife, Louisa and he has four children.
www.hugofoto.com
ERNST HAAS
Ernst Haas was born 2nd March 1921, in Austria. He was an artist and influential photographer noted for his innovations in colour photography and experimenting in abstract light and form.
Haas attended a medical school but in 1947 left to become a staff photographer for the magazine Heute. His photo essay for the magazine on prisoners of war coming home to Vienna won him acclaim and an offer to join Magnum Photos.
Magnum photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographic members. according to cofounder Henri Cartier-Bresson "Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually."
In 1951 he made his home in New York City and it was at this point in his career that he began to photograph in colour and establish himself as one of the early pioneers of colour photography.
Haas later became renowned for his work with motion photography of bullfights, nature and athletics. He also found success in the corporate advertising market with campaigns for companies such as Marlboro, Chrysler and Volkswagen.
In 1986 he received the Hasselblad Award for his photography, this award is granted to a photographer recognised for major achievements.
He died in New York, 12th September 1986.
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
Eadweard Muybridge was born on 9th April 1830, in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. He was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion, which used multiple cameras to capture motion and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre dated perforated film strip.
He had a couple of name changes but finally stayed with Eadweard Muybridge, he also used a pseudonym Helios (Greek God of the Sun). He used this on many of his photographs.
He was born in Kingston Upon Thames in 1830, he emigrated to San Francisco in 1855, where he started a career as a publisher and book seller. He left San Francisco at the end of 1850's, and, after a stage coach accident in which he received a severe head injury, he returned to England for a few years.
Whilst recuperating in England he seriously took up photography.
He reappeared in San Francisco in 1866 an rapidly became a successfully focusing on landscapes. He began to build his reputation in 1867 with photos of the Yosemite which he showed with grandeur and expansiveness of the West. These were under his pseudonym of Helios.
In 1872 , former Governor of California, Leland Stanford, a businessman and racehorse owner. He debated whether all four of a horses hooves are off the ground at the same time during a gallop. He hired Muybridge to settle the question.
Muybridge did prove that all four feet were off the ground at once but the picture was shadowy and indistinct. So Muybridge realised he needed to stop the motion and he needed to invent a shutter.
Eventually Muybribge and Leland fell out as Stanford published a book, The horse in Motion, which gave no credit to Muybridge despite containing his photos and his research. As a result of Muybridge lack of credit for the work, the royal society withdrew an offer to fund his stop motion photography.
Muybridge subsequently filed a lawsuit against Leland, but lost.
Muybridge had a 19 year old wife, who was already married, her name was Flora. She had a baby but it turned out that the father was Harry Larkins. Muybridge travelled to the Yellow Jacket Ranch and shot Larkins dead with a shot gun. Muybridge was put on trial for the murder but he was acquitted for justifiable homicide. Flora died 9 months later, and the child was put in an orphanage.
Stamford paid for Muybridges trial because he still wanted him to help prove the horse question.
Muybridge constructed a shed with 24 cameras with various wires across the track that the horse broke through and triggered the shutter release. He proved that a horse did have all four feet off the ground during a gallop.
He displayed his photographs on screen and described the motion picture via his zoopraxiscope. These were the first projected images.
He also observed body movements and he used a grid behind the subject to prove the movements.
In 1894 he returned to England for good and died in 1904 in Kingston upon Thames.
