The 2021 version of Metaphor was completed in June. Metaphor is a magazine of photography by the Year 1 students on the BA Photography course in the Technological University Dublin. The project helps the students …
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The 2021 version of Metaphor was completed in June. Metaphor is a magazine of photography by the Year 1 students on the BA Photography course in the Technological University Dublin. The project helps the students …
Continue reading13/7/20 Tim Kovar (Tim is a lecturer in photography in TU Dublin, but has been studying plastic waste since he was a child walking on the beaches of Florida.) Plastic waste is a big problem. …
Continue readingMetaphor magazine has gone to print! Our first year students learn to design and produce a magazine in their Photo Practice module. We talk about lots of digital applications and different ways to get your …
Continue readingPlastic is the junk to which our economy is addicted. Grocery stores want to wrap every head of broccoli in plastic film because it keeps them looking fresh for a few days longer. All all …
Continue readingWhy 3rd level education should be like Montessori school (…and why the Leaving Cert programme is just wrong) Tim Kovar timothy.kovar@dit.ie January 2018 Right now, tens of thousands of 2nd level students can …
Continue readingHands up everyone who thinks a BA degree in photography is one of the most useless degrees a person can acquire? I’m writing to convince you (and government funders) otherwise, with a few careful observations. …
Continue readingEssential Concepts in Photography Here are a few topics I consider significant when working towards professionalism in photography. I know many photographers who never studied formally, and plenty of graduates who work in photography. …
Continue readingPhotography Year 1 Topic 1 What do we mean when we talk about ‘making’ images? It is the difference between taking ‘snapshots’ and making photographs carefully. A ‘snapshot’ is really just to capture a …
Continue readingWhat is a Picture Story? Tim Kovar October 2016 (updated 9/17) Why do we use images to convey a story, when words can be so much more specific and precise? People mis-interpret images all …
Continue readingAround the age of 12 I started taking pictures with my dad’s Canon that he bought in Japan in the 1950s. I still have that camera. I started working in photography in 1988. I got …
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