Today, I visited the RGB Awards Finalists Exhibition in The Brant Bradly Gallery in Bedminster, Bristol.
The entries were a mixed bag and some were very average in my view but three images very relevant to this course came to my attention:
Best documentary is series of portraits by Luke Thornton
of Colin Thornton, a man dying of pancreatic cancer. The Hospital, the first
image taken when Colin was diagnosed is especially strong (the images were downloaded form his website):
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| Thornton L. (2011) The Hospital [online image]. Private collection. Available from http://www.lukethorntonphotography.co.uk/index.php?/projects/the-last-two-months/ [Accessed 18 May 2012] |
I like the expression - it loses nothing, indeed gains, from the context in the hospital bed, and including the buried head of the woman - the mixed emotions of a man who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness yet comforting the woman is captured perfectly.
I like this close up too:
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| Thornton L. (2011) The Bath [online image]. Private collection. Available from http://www.lukethorntonphotography.co.uk/index.php?/projects/the-last-two-months/ [Accessed 18 May 2012] |
The feeling of "what am I doing here? Is it all worth it?" comes through strongly - a powerful image.
The overall winner is The Third Woman by Gareth Iwan Jones, a stunning 40s style portrait. Possibly the light is not quite right but the expression is perfect:
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| Jones, G I. (2012) The Third Woman, 2012 [photograph] RGB exhibition. Bristol: The Grant Bradley Gallery. 4 - 31 May |
The winner of the landscape prize is this image:
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| Leonardi, P. (2012) [photograph] RGB exhibition. Bristol: The Grant Bradley Gallery. 4 - 31 May |
At first, this did little for me - recognisably part of the Zeitgeist of minimalist landscape images rather in the mould of Andreas Gusrsky's Der Rhein II (the world's most expensive photograph) but after looking at again, it is growing on me.
I also liked the landscapes from Colin Powell. Minimalist black and whites.
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