Monday, July 19, 2010

Folio SEMESTER 2 lesson 1

Talked about the classes this year


slivia talked about her career as a photographer.

She took photos of land mine victims working for a French prosthesis. 1990-92
Using a hassleblad

95 she went to Somalia. Documenting more about mine victims
Photos were exhibited in Johannesburg and America.

She studied sculpture, painting, and photography.

She is interested in politics, identity and race.

She inserted a photo of African children running into the Canberra times, people called and complained that they didn’t understand what it meant, it was part of a larger art work that she did of rolled Canberra times newspapers attached to a wall with the same image as the front page.

She had her 1st child a daughter and did many photos around her experiences with her 1st child.


We will be doing an assignment on “identity”