James Goodchild
- Email: fhjmg@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Lands of Other People: The North Wales landscape and how its language affects our understanding of hiraeth.
- Supervisors: Professor Catherine E. Karkov, Dr Tom Jackson
Profile
After initially studying history as an undergraduate I discovered photography whilst travelling around Europe, leading me to obtain both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in the medium. After teaching for ten years I have recently embarked upon a practice-led PhD to develop my photographic practice and research further.
A Flâneur with a keen interest in phenomenology, and psychogeography I immerse myself in my surroundings, whether it be the streets of Paris or the mountains of Wales. I possess an unfaltering curiosity, searching for what can never be found, observing the people and details around me, capturing images that contain surrealist undertones to articulate emotion in the viewer.
Research interests
My research is based around hiraeth, a Welsh word that describes a sorrowful separation from a homeland, and how the metre of cynghanedd, a welsh poetic form, might be used to create arborescent displays within my photographic practice. I’m currently at the explorative stage trying to develop and investigate ways of working within the Welsh landscape to convey the above.
Qualifications
- MFA Photography, Manchester School of Art
- MA Photography, Manchester School of Art
- PCGE, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Higher National Diploma Photography, Mid-Cheshire College