Add to ORKGWhat is the value of a portrait when we don’t know who is in it? Knowing the Unknown Sitter was an on-line anthology of texts relating to ten unidentified portraits, selected from a wealth of material found in national collections across the UK. Through the discussion of these portraits, unknownsitter.com raised questions about the nature of identity, representation, and the role of the observer in interpreting visual images. The result of an initial collaboration between myself and art historian Lara Perry (University of Brighton), the project brought together writers from a range of disciplines as well as portraits – some of which have never been published before – to explore the problem of the unknown sitter, and the value of their po...
After an article appeared in The Guardian newspaper in 2014, the variety of labels that had been asc...
Pointon benefited while researching and writing this book from a Leverhulme Research Fellowship at t...
'Someone Else's' is an ongoing series of 'found photo' books. I often buy 35mm cameras from charity ...
What is the value of a portrait when we don't know who is in it? Knowing the Unknown Sitter was an o...
Alex Veness speculates about one woman's motives for having her portrait taken, and for whom the por...
“Photography provides a record of history but also offers a unique mode of storytelling. But what ha...
After an article appeared in The Guardian newspaper in 2014, the variety of labels that had been asc...
This work is a confession in front of both myself and the one who reads my words and looks at my ima...
This thesis proposes a viewing of portraiture through the conceptualisation and consciousness of dia...
In this project the residents of the Gatwick Private Hotel stand with a blanket covering their faces...
Portrait selections from the permanent collection, Spring 1986https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/exh...
Imaging Identity presents potent reflections on the human condition through the prism of portraiture...
This activity is part of a wider project, entitled ‘Collecting and connecting portrait sittings: a r...
A great portrait will reveal a person’s unique essence or inner character. This is one of the most c...
The project described in this exegesis was completed between April and November of 2017. One hundre...
After an article appeared in The Guardian newspaper in 2014, the variety of labels that had been asc...
Pointon benefited while researching and writing this book from a Leverhulme Research Fellowship at t...
'Someone Else's' is an ongoing series of 'found photo' books. I often buy 35mm cameras from charity ...
What is the value of a portrait when we don't know who is in it? Knowing the Unknown Sitter was an o...
Alex Veness speculates about one woman's motives for having her portrait taken, and for whom the por...
“Photography provides a record of history but also offers a unique mode of storytelling. But what ha...
After an article appeared in The Guardian newspaper in 2014, the variety of labels that had been asc...
This work is a confession in front of both myself and the one who reads my words and looks at my ima...
This thesis proposes a viewing of portraiture through the conceptualisation and consciousness of dia...
In this project the residents of the Gatwick Private Hotel stand with a blanket covering their faces...
Portrait selections from the permanent collection, Spring 1986https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/exh...
Imaging Identity presents potent reflections on the human condition through the prism of portraiture...
This activity is part of a wider project, entitled ‘Collecting and connecting portrait sittings: a r...
A great portrait will reveal a person’s unique essence or inner character. This is one of the most c...
The project described in this exegesis was completed between April and November of 2017. One hundre...
After an article appeared in The Guardian newspaper in 2014, the variety of labels that had been asc...
Pointon benefited while researching and writing this book from a Leverhulme Research Fellowship at t...
'Someone Else's' is an ongoing series of 'found photo' books. I often buy 35mm cameras from charity ...