- Drawing - ' Drawing or illustration is no new concept when it comes to recording the news.'
- Reportage is just as valued and significant as photography.
- 'Free to interpret the element that inspire you.'
- Interpretation, experience, passing time, earning peoples trust, thought provoking.
- Experience - not creating a picture perfect image .
- Passing of time- you spend time in one place for a set period of time.
- Earning peoples trust- involving them , less threating.
- Photography - shoot , sharp , quick, move on.
- Drawing - non threating, involvement , trust, being there.
- ' Drawing on its own showed me what Syria was like.'
- ' For those of you that draw, please use your ability to tell us your stories.'
In this lecture George Butler (reportage illustrator) assesses the question of weather drawing still holds value when depicting the news and political , social issues. The main project that he talks about was his trip to Syria to draw civilian life there. Butler explains that going there and taking images using a camera is one thing. You capture the people but it is quick, sharp and the photographer is looking though a barrier , the lens. But when drawing you sit , take time and you look without the barrier. You are also in the place or moment longer and you are in touch more directly with the subject/s. When decied to tackle a subject that involves the issues people face so deeply , it is vital that you have some connection with them. Not just for the impact you intend for the drawing to have but for the individuals or group of people involved. It helps them to feel valued , heard and respected. Having connections and involving them in the process is vital on both sides , so the depiction can be show the experience , the trust , interpretation. And as a result can leave an impression on the viewer that is personal and thought provoking.
In this lecture George Butler (reportage illustrator) assesses the question of weather drawing still holds value when depicting the news and political , social issues. The main project that he talks about was his trip to Syria to draw civilian life there. Butler explains that going there and taking images using a camera is one thing. You capture the people but it is quick, sharp and the photographer is looking though a barrier , the lens. But when drawing you sit , take time and you look without the barrier. You are also in the place or moment longer and you are in touch more directly with the subject/s. When decied to tackle a subject that involves the issues people face so deeply , it is vital that you have some connection with them. Not just for the impact you intend for the drawing to have but for the individuals or group of people involved. It helps them to feel valued , heard and respected. Having connections and involving them in the process is vital on both sides , so the depiction can be show the experience , the trust , interpretation. And as a result can leave an impression on the viewer that is personal and thought provoking.
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