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Clare and Jesse talk to Dr. Simon Denison about 'criticality' in relation to photography and teaching: what do we mean by 'critical thinking'? What does it mean in the context of Photography ?And how best can learn how to be better at it?

Simon Denison is a photographer, critic, academic and teacher.

http://www.simondenison.co.uk

His documentary and conceptual landscape photography has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He is the author of three photographic books, The Human Landscape (Greyscale 2002), Quarry Land (Greyscale 2005) and I Spy Pinhole Eye (with Philip Gross, Cinnamon Press 2009), which won the Arts Council Wales Book of the Year Award in 2010. His work has been reviewed widely including in The Times, The Guardian and on BBC Radio 4.

He has led the Critical Studies department at Hereford College of Arts since 2011, teaching degree-level students across all art, design and media courses. Previously, he taught photography and history of photography at the Institute of Art and Design at Birmingham City University. He regularly reviews books and exhibitions for the photography journal Source. Formerly a broadsheet newspaper journalist and editor of the award-winning magazine British Archaeology, he was educated at Oxford University (Classics) and Edinburgh College of Art (Photography). His doctorate in photography criticism and learning theory from Birmingham City University was awarded in 2023.

Recent publication: 'Putting Ourselves in the Picture: An Autoethnographic Approach to Photography Criticism' in: Goode, J, Lumsden, K, and Bradford, J (eds), 2023. Crafting Autoethnography: Processes and Practices of Making Self and Culture, Abingdon: Routledge.

Clare Bottomley and Jesse Alexander talk to photographer and lecturer Anthony Prothero about getting into lecturing in Higher Education.

Born in 1984 in Torquay and then raised in Bath, Anthony went on to study BA Photography at Falmouth University. After spending some years as an assistant in London, assisting the likes of Igor Borisov, Ryan McGinley, Sarah Maingot and Kevin Macintosh, followed by a staff photographer's post at University of Bath, Anthony returned to Falmouth University to study an MA in Photography for which he earned a distinction.

Along with some editorial portrait commissions, Anthony’s personal project research concerns aspects of; memory, the family album and archives.

More recently Anthony has started to develop his writing on photography. He has a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and is a lecturer and Course Leader of the BA Commercial Photography programme at the Institute of Photography at Falmouth University.

www.anthonyprothero.co.uk
www.instagram.com/anthony_prothero/

Clare and Jesse talk to Falmouth MA Photography (online) graduate Justin Carey. Justin tells us about how he managed his studies alongside his day job and his transition from "a doctor that makes art" to "an artist who's also a doctor".

See Justin's work at: justincarey.com

Follow Justin @ www.instagram.com/justincareycom/

In the inaugural episode, Clare and Jesse talk to recent MA Photography alumnus Adele Annett about student expectations of theory and practice, making the move to HE study in art and design from science disciplines and imposter syndrome.

https://clarebottomley.co.uk/

https://www.jessealexander.co.uk/

https://photographybyadele.co.uk/

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