questions revisited

At the beginning of year and during the beginning stages of the project development we were tasked to question our peers about our initial ideas. I asked myself these questions for my initial thoughts but I think it will be helpful to revisit them with my (almost) fully developed idea. So here goes...

• How does my subject relate to how I will represent it? A still image is a way of representing something and in the case of 'challenges' a photograph will be a portrayal of the truth and a photograph can tell a story.




• What tone will your piece portray? The tone of my photographs will be respectful and engaging. It will match the tone of each challenge that is being represented.




• What will influence your decisions? I have explored other artists work, visited exhibitions and looked at theories in regards to the subject. Mostly though I have used the influence of the participants who I have interviewed to influence my decisions.



• How will people access my work? The main point of this blog was to give people outside of my university an idea of what my project is. As for the final stages I haven't yet planned how the photos will be printed or if they will. I will take part in an exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence gallery in London with the rest of my course but I haven't decided on how it to exhibit my work yet, as I will have 24 photographs on completion that are all as important as each other. I may shrink the photos and have them to together on one board.



• Who will I photograph? I have and will continue to photograph people in Brighton who are willing to share their challenges for this project. They are people from generations in the following groups 15-20, 30-40, 45-60, 60-80. These groups are based on the theory that a generation is 15- 20 years or a childhood between each. I have found access to people so far through my own networks and networks of my friends and family. Tomorrow I will go out to ask people directly if they will take part.



• How can I make my work original? I have searched and searched but haven't found any other photographer who has made an enquiry like this. It is my theme and line of enquiry that are original but I will also try to stylise my photos so they are original in the sense that I am the photographer.



• How can I manage my safety during the project? So far I have worked with people I have already known or people that are part of a network. On some occasions I have taken a family member or friend with me to make the participant feel more comfortable. There are not many dangers in this project.



• Who are my audience? Anyone who has a challenge. And people who are interested in the line of enquiry. The age range I am working with is ranging from the teenage years to elderly years. It may be that the audience will be more involved with one of the generations but hopefully they will take the project as a whole as that is the purpose.



• Are you aware of other photographers? I have made a very conscience effort to keep myself aware of photographers both professional and amateur. I have made an effort to ensure that this project is original.



• What do you want your audience to get from it? I would like my audience, participants and myself to gain something from this project. I would like the audience to realise that everyone has a challenge in life and they will vary as you go through the stages of life. I think it is important to recognise the challenges of others to overcome your own. I would like my participants to have gained something from having to reccognise their own challenges and then speaking about them- some of the participants have had to really think about their own challenges and have got back to me- I hope the thought process



• What resources will you need to use? I will be using secondary research sources and also primary research sources through my interviews with the participants. I will be using my equipment as a resource etc.