So for A2 we have to complete a personal project. We have been given an assignment brief to help us get some idea's together.
I've decided to go with the theme: 'Flaneur' (meaning to 'Stroll' or 'Loaf). My initial ideas are as follows:
- Go to some of the major cities in the local area (Derby, Nottingham & Birmingham) and sample the atmosphere of the cities on different days. This will then help me determine which day I will do my shoot(s).
- I want to capture the general public and people in their rawest form. My aim is to gain some extremely natural photographs. These photographs are going to be of: Pigeons (pretty common in most British cities), People (couples allowed) who are just doing their normal routine - some of these photographs will be posed for a better effect and some will be natural.
- I will edit most of the photos on the highly reliable Photoshop, and most probably turn them into black and white as I feel this is most effective.
When taking pictures of the general public, there are always going to be ethical issues. Some people really don't like to have their picture taken, therefore, if I do take a picture of somebody I will always try and tell them afterwards what my project/aim is and show them the picture, hopefully, because no personal or identifiable information is being taken they should be okay with it all. If not, I'm going to have to delete the pictures just out of sheer respect for the person(s).
Im going to complete for light research on some artists which deal with Street photography: Henry Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr and maybe: Lee Friedlander, Harry Callahan, Alexander Rodchenko.
