Guest Lecture: Vanessa Winship

“Vanessa Winship is best known for winning the prestigious Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 2011which enabled her to undertake a new photographic series in the United States Set upon the backdrop of the economic recession and decline of the American Dream, she dances on Jackson(2011–2012) explores the basic human connection between people while tracing the history of violence that characterises the country, from California to Virginia, New Mexico to Montana, and still impacts the population today.

Vanessa Winship's practice focuses on the connection between chronicles and fiction, exploring concepts around boundaries, land, memory, desire, identity, and history. Black and white becomes her representation of series of photography that shows her evolution of thinking. Her way of looking allows her see something in person she is approaching to, it’s hard to explain but in theory, it’s something you have gained from past that trains you to find the things that interest you, it is sort repetition process to learning your own voice. I think it’s more like seeking the connection with your subject matter. I like what she said on the lecture: “Following your instinct, take it slowly”, if you can slow down, you see more. Like the project I am doing, if I wouldn’t slow down I lose the connection of deepest thought, I would miss to reflection of inner vision. Thus, I agree what she said when making images.

Reference:

Barbicanorg, . c2019. Press release: Vanessa Winship: And Time Folds. [Online]. [12 March 2019]. Available from: https://www.barbican.org.uk/our-story/press-room/vanessa-winship-and-time-folds