Category Archives: Photography

Overseas Project: Day 14 Huxian Painting Village and XISU Students

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 22 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Photography, Teaching. Tagged , , , , . 1 Comment.
Tuesday we spent visiting the Huxia painting village with students from Xian International Studies University. The village is home to three prominent painters in the peasant painter tradition. Here is one of the painters holding one of his paintings. The day’s activities provided an excellent opportunity for a number of new experiences. First, Nottingham and [...]

Overseas Project: Day 13 Terracotta Warriors

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 22 April, 2010. Filed under China, Photography, Teaching. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
Monday our exploration of history and the commercialisation of culture continued, with a visit to the Terracotta Warriors. The scale and scope of the endevour (the army intended to protect the emperor in the afterlife).

Overseas Project: Day Ten Part 2 Ordos University

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 17 April, 2010. Filed under China, Photography, Teaching. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
After our tour of Kangbashi we when to Ordos University, the second time Overseas Project students have visited. After a warm welcome, the first activity was some group discussions, where students from Nottingham and Ordos Universities shared views and asked questions of each other. Here we see Ordos students asking questions of one of the [...]

Overseas Project: Day Ten Part 1 Kangbashi

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 16 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Photography, Teaching. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
After one of our few relaxed mornings we headed to Kangbash, a new district in Ordos about 30km from the centre of Dongsheng. Kangbashi has been built as a city housing about 1 million people, though as yet almost nobody lives there. We all noticed how quiet and peaceful the place was, with almost no [...]

A new camera

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 4 December, 2009. Filed under Photography. Tagged , , . 2 Comments.
Manchester City Centre
I've bought a new portable camera, a Panasonic GF1. Here are a couple of sample photographs and some initial thoughts.