Ian Macdonald
On Friday 31st of October we were lucky enough to have ian macdonald speaking as a guest lecturer. Ian macdonald is a successful and well known North East photographer. We were shown a presentation of his work from early on in his career to now. Unfortunatley not all of this work is on his website however i have since been on his website and picked out a few images which i find really interesting and inspiring to my own work.
In Ian Macdonalds lecture he told us about how he started off in art college actually doing drawing. He showed us some of his sketches and drawings which were mainly of buildings. His drawings blew me away he showed a great talent for art and i was surprised to see this as i had thought he had only ever done photography. Ian has been commissioned to create pieces of art and sold works of art such as paintings and collages.
Ian explained how his understanding of art and drawing played a big role in his photography, as he understood more about composition and depth of field. He also explained how he sees art as one big concept, you don't have to just be a photographer or just be a painter. This is something which inspired me and stuck with me throughout and after the lecture, as art is something I've done since being a child, something I've always had a passion for and something i started to create long before i found my interest in photography. I always seem to tell myself I'm a photographer, and don't allow myself to create any other forms of art, despite having such an interest in them. After Ians talk i realised that i should still carry on with my art as well as focusing on capturing images. His talk inspired me so much and really did make me think more deeply than just capturing photographs.
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