George Herbert Tyson Smith - Liverpool Sculptor

This Image was taken by Edward Chambre Hardman in 1966/7 at Withnell Fold by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. This is one of a series of images ECH took of Tyson Smith over the course of his career, but is the first exterior location portrait I have found to date. Most of the portraits are more commercial studio based work, either shot in Tyson Smith's studio or at ECH's studio in Rodney Street.

Andy Small - 04/03/11 - Bridewell Studios, Liverpool

Susan Bright Quote

“A portrait is the questioning or exploration of self and identity through a literal representation of what somebody looks like.”


Bright,S.2005. Art Photography Now.London.Thames & Hudson

John Tagg Quote

“The portrait is a sign whose purpose is both the description of an individual and the inscription of social identity.”


John Tagg - The Portrait in Photography by Graham Clarke - 1992

Supervisory Meeting - 23/02/11 @ MIRIAD

Present - Simon Faulkner / David Brittain

Notes from meeting:

• The Meeting discussed Keith’s RD1 proposal and was focussed on further clarifying his project which remains more complex than it probably should be.
  
• It was suggested that he write a further version of the proposal which backgrounds the issue of typology and foregrounds portraiture involving a comparison and referential relationship between the Hardman images and the photography Keith is going to produce. It is envisaged that this will simplify and clarify the project.

Dan McBride - 16/02/11 - Aigburth, Liverpool

Richard Avedon Quote

“A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. They are all accurate. None of them is the truth.”

Avedon, R.1985. In the American West - Richard Avedon Photographs 1979-1984. London. Thames & Hudson