Erik Knudsen talk review.

Erik Knudsen is a photographer/film director, born in Ghana to a Danish father and a Ghanian mother.

He came in to give us a talk about his work and how it might link to our current work, i think his work is very inspirational especially in the way he has used know words in a couple of the mini films as the everyday noises of what was going on around him were more powerful than any script could portray.
His work would have linked really well with the first assignment that we were given which was mixed heritage, however we were doing the second assignment at the time. He tries to show that poverty is not just limited to the poor, but can be found in many different places for example the lack of equipment to use on photo shoots that could be seen as a type of poverty.

He has created films called, 'Vainilla Chip', 'The Silent Accomplice', 'Heart of Gold', and 'One Day Tafo'.
His films incorporate the sounds of the environment and are rarely scripted, this is because the films tend to have more of an impact on the viewer without throwing meaningless words over the top. the film 'One Day Tafo' incorporates video footage shot by his father in the 50's. The film goes beyond the anthropological and socio-political issues that are shown in most films about Africa.
For more information and the videos click the link below.
www.onedayfilms.com/page/erik-knudsen