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We love Pete Brook.

By admin, on March 7th, 2012%

 WIRED Raw-File writer Pete Brook sent a lovely note to picbod after his recent talk ( which you can still listen to here ),  just a small thing, but it means a great deal to us and marks him out as the quality article we know him to be. #WeLovePete

“Thank you for your invitation to Coventry. It was an engaging experience with a wise bunch of students.
Please encourage Helen to persist with printing on soap, Adele to create a photography cookbook (i.e. How To Cook Photographs) over the summer, and warn Alex about single-mindedness when it comes to war zones.
Until next time.
Pete”



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Pete Brook: Prison Photography and Self Representation

By admin, on February 10th, 2012%

Pete Brook came in to #picbod today and let us into his critical and creative process. He gave us the the bare bones of a theme (see the prep reading) that he was mulling over for a series of blog posts and then picked over it in seminar and discussion. You can see one of the posts that develop these themes over on his blog this morning.

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Self-Representation: Prison Polaroids, Public Mugshots and Facebook Profile Pics

By admin, on February 3rd, 2012%
Below is the required reading in preparation for Pete Brook’s guest lecture next week:
PICBODders:
“For Realz”
As fun prep for my presentation next week, I’ve a few things I’d like you to look over. As with many of my thoughts, they return in cycles. A couple of years ago, I started thinking about photographs that prisoners actually took themselves and what those images said to themselves, their loved ones and us about how they wanted their bodies and their existence perceived.

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Guest Lecture: Pete Brook – ‘Tattoos, scars and tears, Robert Gumpert’s work in San Francisco jails’

By admin, on February 9th, 2011%

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Pete Brook: ‘Tattoos, scars and tears, Robert Gumpert’s work in San Francisco jails’

This week, Pete Brook came in from Seattle to speak to #picbod students about the work of Robert Gumpert in San Francisco jails. This was an amazing opportunity for #picbod students and a real honour for the class. The audio is now available to listen to here and will be available shortly on our iTunesU page.

As well as writing ‘Prison Photography‘ blog, Peter edits WIRED Magazine’s online photo feed, so he’s a pro-Photo Editor and very highly regarded photography commentator.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRISON PHOTOGRAPHY (IN LOOSE CATEGORIES)

Before the golden age of photojournalism, the photographing of prisoners was used for purposes of identification, order and discipline. The two part mugshot (front view and profile view) was standardised by Alphonse Bertillion. Police departments adopting the system had in-house technicians and photographers but they are anonymous in history.

Remarkable archives by anonymous police photographers exist the world over, but two noteworthy collections are in New Orleans and Sydney.

American prisons fell on to the radar of professional and committed photojournalists in the sixties and seventies, more and more. Three Magnum photographers (Eve Arnold, Bruno Barbey, Danny Lyon) went to Texas. Arnold returned to the subject . . . → Read More: Guest Lecture: Pete Brook – ‘Tattoos, scars and tears, Robert Gumpert’s work in San Francisco jails’

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Upcoming lecture Pete Brook – “Tattoos, scars and tears: Robert Gumpert’s work in San Francisco’s jails”

By admin, on February 3rd, 2011%

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image ©ROBERT GUMPERT

Tuesday 8th February, 1pm

Photography Lab (ETG10), Ellen Terry Building, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW

We’re super pleased to have Pete Brook coming in from Seattle next week to speak to #picbod students about the work of Robert Gumpert in San Francisco jails. This is an amazing opportunity for #picbod students and a real honour for the class. We will of course make the audio recording available as soon after the lecture as possible and we will be live tweeting also.

As well as writing ‘Prison Photography‘ blog, Peter edits WIRED Magazine’s online photo feed, so he’s a pro-Photo Editor and very highly regarded photography commentator.

Take time to research both Robert Gumpert’s work and the writings of our visiting speaker  – . . . → Read More: Upcoming lecture Pete Brook – “Tattoos, scars and tears: Robert Gumpert’s work in San Francisco’s jails”

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