Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Saturday, March 16, 2013

I make music




























I am not the best at keeping this blog thing going but I do have an excuse...  I have been playing music and moving to the other side of the world. 

Most of you would know that I am a photographer... but you may not know that I am a musician also. 

I have entered a comp with one of my songs and would love it if you could have a little listen and then vote for me.... if you go here.... or follow the link below you will find my entry, please vote and share too if you like. 

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/ad7d831e38401eb2cc17a8b7f4c9378d/900


x Ula 




Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Im a PX3 Photographer

She, by Ula Blocksage

Just a little post to mention some exciting news, I was recently awarded bronze for my image She in the portraiture section of the PX3 de la Photographie Awards in Paris. I will subsequently be appearing in the 2012 PX3 photobook which shall be available for purchase at some point later this year from the website here.


I wrote a little about it on my website here... do pop past and have a look at my work if you have not done so already.  

Hope your all having a lovely day 

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tempting Seduction






Ellen Rogers is one of the most talented photographers of our time. A master of old photographic processes, Rogers experimental approach to image making is divine. She creates dream like works which tempt and lure us deeply into a world of dark seduction.

I am so proud to now be living in the place she calls her home.

Please visit her website here to view more of her wonderful work.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A visit to Richter

Ema (Nude on a Staircase) Ema (Akt auf einer Treppel) 1966

Last week I visited the Tate Modern… I was having one of those days when things just don’t feel right… and when things don’t feel good, I find the best thing to do is to go to a gallery and visit your friends… Degas, Pollock, Picasso and on this particular day… Richter.

Gerhard Richter is an amazing artist, compelling, distinct and at times beautifully contradictory. His diversity as an artist is almost incomparable to that of his contemporaries. He has the ability to produce works, which are gestural yet mechanic, ordered yet expressive. He is an artist that can place multicoloured abstraction alongside monochrome figurative work. He explores perspective and tests the capacity of vision.

My favourites are Richter’s photo paintings. In the 1960’s Richter began to emphasise the materiality of paint by dragging a squeegee or brush across a freshly painted surface to blur the figuration into semi abstraction. By doing this he was also highlighting a photographs ability to capture movement.   

Gerhard Richter Panorama is on at the Tate Modern from the 6th Oct 2011 – 8th Jan 2012 – Do check it out, absolutely stunning. 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Carpaccio Magazine



Just a little post to let you know about a very nice little publication know as Carpaccio Magazine.
I am lucky enough to be one of the photographers featured in issue #27 of the mag. 
You can pick up a copy of the Carpaccio Guide to emerging illustrators, photographers & artists Vol. 6, here from Atem Books. 


The guide is a summary of the works of 90 different collaborators featured in issues #27, #28 and #29. 
Click here for the link to issue #27 and here to flick through the magazine
I must really get myself one too!!!




Image was taken form the website here 

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Parlez-vous français



Saturday was the opening of my first solo show in Europe. It is being held in the city of Rouen at Le Rêve de l’escalier for the month of October… so if you are in the area please do pop past to say bonjour Michel (the lovely owner) and have a look at the show.

On Saturday Michel informed me that the Paris Normandy Newspaper had heard about my exhibition and was requesting to interview me for the paper. I ofcourse said yes, what an honour. Michel later informed me that Philippe (the journalist) did not speak English… Uh oh… with no translator available aka ma soeur, I went along today with the hope of explaining my artistic practice with my rather basic French vocabulary.

Luckily it turned out that Philippe could speak English so we managed to understand one another very well. He was very impressed with my French… and he said so too, in-between a few chuckles here and there. We had a coffee, (moi un café au lange et il un cafe grandes crème) and talked about photographers, influences, shows, cameras, photographs etc. We then headed back to the space to have another look at the show and so Philippe could take my photograph for the paper eeek!
What a wonderful day!

Now… I'll ask again, parlez-vous français???

Here is my artist statement en français… but if you cheat and use google translate it will ofcourse make no sense… goodluck!

J’ai toujours eu le désir de revenir en arrière, aux grandes époques du passé que me semblent mieux correspondre à ma personnalité et ma mentalité. Depuis mon enfance, le romantisme de ces époques a toujours occupé mon imaginaire. Ma pratique de la photographie me permet de visualiser et d'explorer les sentiments associés au désir, la perte, l’isolation (physique et temporelle) et la mélancolie. Mes travaux sont des métaphores symboliques et des narrations romantiques qui communiquent la beauté, la douleur, le silence et l’immobilité des souvenirs. Ma recherche sur les procédés alternatifs de la photographie, comme les techniques utilisées au 19eme siècle ou le Polaroid, renforce l’influence du passé sur mes œuvres et je l'utilise comme un véhicule pour explorer les rapports sujet/photographe. Il s'agit pour moi d'une relation d’égalité, je vois le sujet au lieu de le regarder comme un objet; je cherche à m’identifier à lui, à le comprendre, le mettre à l’aise. Cela me permet de capturer intuitivement des moments éphémères ou une beauté qui autrement resteraient cachés. Mes œuvres sont des miroirs, des réflexions de la mémoire, des façons de voir.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

New Website

























I have finally updated my website, check it out
here

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

James Dean - An Artist

Beautiful work by James Dean, the artist, not the actor... do check out his website here


Bows


Lovers



Sprinkler

I love the idea of translating the circular format into my photographic work... or bringing back the oval style portrait... somethings are just not meant to be placed within a box.




Sunday, July 17, 2011

The Most Beautiful Thing



American Beauty is one of my favourite films, this scene in particular is wonderful. I think it is the quietness... so much is being said beneath the silence, and although every object within the frame of his film is moving, there is a stillness.

I have often talked about developing a short silent film and I think now may just be the right time...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Beautiful Light





David Hamilton is a photographer who was recommend to me recently by one of my assessors at University. Although I was already familiar with his work it was nice to be reminded to go back and have a look. He captures the female experience so beautifully and the way he uses light is gorgeous... there is something quiet and undemanding about his imagery.

I leave for Paris in 5 days and I think I will have to plan a few shoots with my sister in the European light... I am thinking woods... or a lake maybe???

Visit the Hamilton Archives here