OCASA - An Audience with Fiona Yaron Field
An Audience with photographer Fiona Yaron Field
Recently I went to Thatcham, Berks, on a study day set up by OCASA to listen and watch Fiona Yaron Field talk about her various portfolios of work which she had taken since starting photography in her late teens. There were 11 of us of which three were women. The link above leads to the notes I took during the day.
I found Fiona's work eclectic as it ranged from simple groups of work, ie, her work on women getting married, to her life story of her daughter Ophie, a Down's Syndrome baby, from birth to aged 12 years old. This body of work, she felt, enabled her to see her daughter in a much clearer way rather than just looking at her.
I found her work entitled 'Beyond the Wall' very interesting and as she talked about setting up the subjects in both Israel and Palestine, how she was treated as a second class citizen. She explained how she was unable to take any pictures unless she had a male minder in attendance as a woman on her own was not acceptable.
I found Fiona's work interesting and allowed me to think further along the work she had created; hopefully allowing me to produce new work covering similar subjects.
Whilst I don't feel that I need a minder to take my images, I do feel it takes a lot to get male models to relax with a woman photographer whilst having their picture taken by a man was present no problems. This body of work ties in with my Progressing with Digital Photography module 4 as I am discussing the trials and tribulations of woman and women photographers in the 20th/21st Century.
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