Imaging reality – a history of documentary and street photography - Talk by Tom Peck CPAGB
Tue 13th Feb 2024 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Images show what has happened, don’t they? They depict reality, they are ‘proof’. Documentary photography gives insight into events and street photography allows us to glimpse other people’s behaviour. This talk will take us through the history of documentary/street photography using well known photographs liberally mixed with the author’s own photography. We will ask the question: is what we see in the photographs actually reality? Can we trust these ‘documentary’ photographs?
About Dr. Thomas Peck LRPS CPAGB
I’ve been taking photographs for many years now. I originally focused mostly on macro photography of flowers, and then expanded to include landscape and portraits.
I shoot with a Sony A7rIII and Zeiss lenses, and also with a Leica. There is a lot of enjoyment wrapped up with the kit – it’s that blokey geeky equipment thing. But the real pleasure of photography is that it forces me to slow down and really look. That’s never easy in our rushed world, so a chance to stop, look and see is truly valuable. I hope the pictures convey that in some small way. I run workshops with Colin Westgate at Quest Photography. Please go to the links page if you want to know more about our workshops