James Bugg

James Bugg spoke to our PJ class this week, and gave some valuable feedback on folios. Above are some of his images from the body of work titled, The Pines. I really liked what he was talking about when showing these images, which was regarding the act of making a photograph, versus taking a photograph. He said that he liked to take a collaborative approach where possible, and asking his subjects to draw a pine tree (pictured above) helped to break down barriers as well as get them involved in the creation of the work. The image with the bird painting was used as an example of seeing metaphor and repeated imagery, as well as how if we keep looking hard enough and keep shooting, the shots appear themselves.