Dave MaceyMA                     Photographer

I’ve just been reading Propaganda: Power and Persuasion by David Welch and concentrating on chapter 5 Know Your Enemy, case studies in...

Things have changed again! Since my last post I have been thinking about producing 10 pages of the manifesto as my final submission and...

Recently I’ve been concentrating on mainly filming and editing the forest. I’ve decided to make a 5-minute film with each clip lasting...

Recently I’ve been looking at the photographs of Thomas Struth and his Paradise series. This series of photographs are actually quite...

Yesterday I had a tutorial with my tutor about my recent work on the artefact, of which the latest images are below. I showed the...

I found what could be a bit of a little gem in the Canterbury Library, Photomontage by Dawn Ades. In this book she covers the history of...

A few thoughts on the deadpan aesthetic. The deadpan aesthetic takes away the connotation from the photographer, it stops them...

Whilst searching the internet for examples and articles of photomontage I came across this article by the University of Washington. ...

Back in September of last year a few of us from the Uni went to London to view some exhibitions. One of the exhibitions we visited was...

Recently I’ve been shooting Little Stone Wood colour 5x4 film. Initially I was reluctant to use 5x4 film for a couple of reasons. The...

I’m continuing to look at loneliness and solitude. It occurs to me that there is a world of difference between loneliness and solitude. ...

I went back over to Little Stone Wood on Wednesday 17th February and did some more filming. It now feels that I am watching for breaks...

I’ve just finished reversing the wording on the document and underlying the text that I want to use. The text that highlighted nearly...

Recently I did some filming in Little Stone Wood. I think film will definitely form part of the project as it can be shot in a deadpan...

Recently I’ve been looking at videos on YouTube of people filming in forests. There seems to be a trend where people film the same scene...

I must admit I didn't realise that it has been a couple of weeks since my last update. I’ve been concentrating on the dissertation and...

I haven’t managed to get back into the forest since the tutorial, I was hoping to get in there this week, but storm force winds and...

Today I have mainly been finding and editing photographs for the manifesto and I’ve also been reading the book Utopia written by Thomas...

Yesterday I had a tutorial about my progress with Littlestone Wood and of how to progress further with the project. The deadpan aesthetic...

Last week I had a tutorial with my tutor, mainly to talk about the feedback I had received earlier and also the essay. The main points we...