This is a task allocated to the year one students at the beginning of February. Each student was asked to produce an image, or a series of images, which relates to the theme ‘Life'. The task had no set criteria, it was not graded, not directed to any great degree, and was open to the students interpretation of what the term or the theme ‘Life' encapsulates. A brief discussion about the possibilities of how to conceptualize the theme, plus a few suggestions of photographers to look at, was the only imput from the tutor.
With this task we were not concerned with technical limitations – the work could be taken on a disposable camera, and i-phone or any available medium. However, the image needed to be ‘somehow’ meaningful, to connect to the theme and form the basis of discussion. The theme itself is wide open:'Life' could suggest both negative and positive connotations; it could relate to society or the inner world; it could signify natural biological cycles or the great wrestle of life. There is a necessity, however, for each student to justify their image as it relates to a particular aspect of the theme. The work was, again, selected by a ‘jury’ of 2nd year students who selected the work on two levels – firstly on aesthetic merits, secondly the work which for them connects to the theme. Presented here is a selection of the jury’s favourites.
Images:c.Theresa Moynes; c.Laura Byrne; c.Fergal OSullivan; c.Tony Kidd; c.Sandra Cobos Gonzalez; c.Mel OReilly; c.Mary Kate Hanlon
