Monday, 30 March 2009

I've decided to alter my strategy for the project. I think the photograph of the red show against the red carpet works well which is why I decided to try to focus on this snapshot type of photography, but on looking at my work since I think its become too forced and I've started to think too much about where and why I'm taking photographs. 

I looked at the work of Joel Meyerowitz who takes spontaneous pictures on the streets of New York.






Although I wouldn't be focusing on people, I wanted to adopt a similar approach to my photography. Instead of looking for things to photograph, which had meant my images seem forced rather than accidental, I want to photograph anything that I'm around. Also, rather than focusing on a type of photograph such as close-ups, I want my piece to be experimental. My intention is to build up an archive of images which I then can sieve through to find images which 'work' but which aren't necessarily linked to each other.
To make sure I do this I've set myself a more strict brief; for the next 3 days (tues, wed & thurs) I have to take at least 50 photographs a day. On the 4th day (fri) I'll go through my images and analyse my images and my work method.

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