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Picbod - [pic-bod] is a free and open undergraduate photography class run by Jonathan Worth and Matt Johnston from the photography team at Coventry University in the UK
This is a JISC funded project which seeks to give access to networks and communities of subject specialists, professional practitioners and wider learning communities.

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Sally Mann; Some Food for Thought

The last class of #picbod2012 approaches, but don’t be sad, there’s still plenty of inspiration on the site to keep you going! And don’t forget that throughout March the Photo Book Club (run by our own Matt Johnston) will be looking at Sally Mann’s seminal photo book ‘Immediate Family’.

. . . → Read More: Sally Mann; Some Food for Thought

Further reading: Wayne Ford’s Posterous


We have already featured 2 posts from Contributor Wayne Ford, the first looking at photographer Paolo Roversi, and the second, Philip Toledano. Below are a few more posts that#picbod students would do well to pore over, click on the image to hit the jump.

. . . → Read More: Further reading: Wayne Ford’s Posterous

Preparatory Reading: Week 1

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Preparatory reading for upcoming Lecture:

Prepare a 250 word reflection on one book from the list below for round table discussion (see Wayne Ford’s Posterous and J.M. Colberg’s Conscientious for inspiration)

These books should be easily available from your local library, some of these you will be able to see online
Attending students: These books are all available in the University Library 

Elinor Carucci ‘Closer’

David Hilliard ‘Photographs’

Larry Clark ‘Perfect Childhood’

Larry Clark ‘Tulsa’

Diane Arbus ‘diane arbus’

Diane Arbus ‘Revelations’ (Thanks to Amy Arbus for directing us to Doon Arbus and Neil Selkirk’s essays.)

Susan Meiselas ‘Carnival Strippers’

Barry Kay ‘The Other Women’

Sally Mann ‘Immediate Family’

Richard Avedon’The Sixties’

Nan Goldin ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’

Nan Goldin ‘Ballad of Sexual Dependency’

Thanks to Esteban Pinilla for . . . → Read More: Preparatory Reading: Week 1

#picbod and #phonar contributors launch the ‘Photo Book Club’

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#picbod and #phonar contributors Wayne Ford and Matt Johnston have created a new platform for the discussion of photography books. The Photo Book Club lives at www.photobookclub.org and will discuss one worthy book each month. Click the logo for . . . → Read More: #picbod and #phonar contributors launch the ‘Photo Book Club’