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WHY WE PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS
No full textA visual exploration of the history and future of animal photography, WHY WE PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS encourages us to think and rethink the way we have looked at - and used - animals and to consider our future relationships with nonhuman species.
Multistranded, this book features the work of more than one hundred photographers supported by thematic essays that provide historical context; interviews with and contributions by leading contemporary photographers that explore their influences, methods, and motivations; and visual collections that present the very best animal photography from its inception to the present day.
WHY WE PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS is deliberately not a conventional history of wildlife photography. It’s an exploration of the animal in photography. It speaks to our ongoing desire to look at animals; to understand, misunderstand, and appreciate them; to use and abuse them; to neglect or come to value and protect them.
'A compelling visual anthology of one of photography’s most popular subjects, reframing our understanding of why we photograph animals and why photographing them matters to us and the planet.'
From Publisher: 'A book that will engage those with an interest in wildlife photography and the natural world, but also those with a concern for the future of the planet. Huw Lewis-Jones’s expert authorship and curation celebrates extraordinary images by brilliant photographers, but also allows us to understand why people have photographed animals at different points in history and what it means in the present.'
On UK publication, the work was featured on high-profile websites and major newspapers, including The Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, with feature articles and reviews in leading industry and popular journals, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Camera, the RPS Journal, Amateur Photographer, among others. Public events included Cheltenham Science Festival. Coverage on BBC website and CBBC Newsround. An edition was released in North America in April 2024. Multiple foreign editions are currently in progress, with priority editions planned in Germany and China. More info and revised statement of impact to follow in the run up to REF'29
Exploring Approaches to Assessing Student Teamwork in Undergraduate Computing Projects
Full text linkTeamwork is increasingly prominent in computing education. At the tertiary level, educators use group projects to nurture professional skills and employability. However, there is considerable variance in how such collaborative work is assessed. Emphases can be placed on the process, output, or upon reflection---and even individual or collective performance. This often evokes student concerns and drives considerable discourse on grading student teams. Yet, the diversity of approaches in computing and how their varying aspects influence their reception is not well understood. Concerns about the parity and inclusivity of some methods, such as peer evaluation, permeate the literature. However, there are also intriguing opportunities which computing departments are well-placed to implement, such as versioning, tracking, and analytics. This working group will survey approaches to assessing student teamwork in undergraduate computing projects. The aim is to examine global perspectives using a multi-national, multi-institutional framework whilst considering some contextual dimensions. This intends to yield some contemporary assessment models, an evidence-informed comparison of their merits and drawbacks, and recommendations for assessment practice
Penwith Landscape Partnership Archaeological Reconstructions
No full textThe Penwith Landscape Partnership commissioned a series of digital artworks reconstructing archaeological sites in west of Cornwall, several of which had been recently re-excavated and examined with funding from the Partnership. In creating these artworks, I used a range of digital tools and methods drawing from my work in the Games industry, along with more traditional mapwork and sketching. Many sites required 3D models to be built using open source topographical data, with hand-drawn excavation maps projected on top for reference. Besides the technical challenge, I was keen on an artistic and illustrative level to convey the distinct character of this part of Cornwall and the messy beauty of farming settlements in this marginal landscape. Via the Partnership, I consulted with archaeologists on the accuracy of the illustrations.
The work was presented to the Cornwall Archaeological Society in October 2023 and appears on the cover of Volume 61 of the Society's journal Cornish Archaeology. Laura Ratcliffe-Warren presents various of the works in "Significant outputs from the Penwith Landscape Partnership's Ancient Penwith project strand"
Keyboard Wizards
Full text linkCD reviews of Live at the London Palladium 2023, Rick Wakeman (4CD, Cherry Red)and Crystal Presence, Tim Blake (3CD, Cherry Red
Substance & Subtext
Full text linkA satirical poem, excerpted from a sequence, about religion. In this case, revrsioning the beatitudes
'I know you now as in memory flown'
Full text linkAlbum review of Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Martyn Bates (Hive-Arc
Bedtime Reading
Full text linkA poem about how we understand the world through language & words, or try to
Post-Poptastic People
Full text linkBook review of Ghosts: Journeys to Post-Pop, Matthew Restall (Sonicbond
Wild Home: Photography, Domesticity and More-than-human Boundaries in Fieldwork and Expeditionary Science
Full text linkDrawing on archival research conducted at the Royal Society, London by Catarina Fontoura, an artist and accidental historian of Science, this paper will explore the borders and boundaries in the fluid domains of fieldwork photography and expeditionary science research stations. Through the story of Angela Bishop, the wife of an expedition leader to Central Brazil in the 1960’s, this paper examines the borders between wild and domestic, public and private, institutional and autobiographical in the Royal Society Iain Bishop expedition photographic collection