Initial Ideas for Body

My Tasks for this Project are to photograph portraits of people who work and live in the Medway Towns. My Initial idea for this project is based on how are independent shops in the high street have been pushed into the background in favour of big chained super stores. I will be asking to photograph local business owners who are in the Medway such a Rochester High Street and then in contrast by photographing employees/managers of bigger chained stores. To achieve this I will have to negotiate access with the stores for photographic opportunities.

Photographers to Research 

• Tina Barney
• Rineke Dijkstra 
• Thomas Ruff
• Alec Soth
• Vivian Maier

Deconstructing Environmental Photographers

When Looking at this Salt print image created by William Henry Fox Talbot the word “Pathetic Fallacy” which means where the weather reflects the mood comes in mind because Talbot had chosen to shoot on an overcast day in winter to convey this feeling of dormancy and bareness. The Way Talbot has positioned the camera makes the oak tree central and dominant in the photograph when compared to the other smaller trees in the background. He also reaffirms this feeling of superiority by slightly blurring the background. The oak tree has always been a symbol of wealth, power and politics and endurance. It is view as sacred by many different cultures throughout time and used as a national tree by many different countries around the world. I could interpret this photograph as being political to represent the class system of Great Britain when it was made in the late 19th century when the industrial revolution in Britain was at its peak. They are regarded as humble and wise due to their wrinkled appearance and extended age which could give them a human reference as elders in society. I also find that the tree seems to be quite isolated from the rest of the trees giving it a vulnerability as opposed to its cultured strength and might.

Initial Ideas for Commission Unit- Part 1: The Environment

My initial ideas for the Commission Unit- Part 1: The Environment Rural are based on the Title that Kent has "The Garden of England". I am unsure whether to use this phrase as the title for my series. I have thought about various locations to shoot including Dover "The White Cliffs of Dover", Blean Forest, Elham Valley and Hole Park Gardens in Tenterden.  

Photographers to Research
Fay Goodwin
Albert Renger- Patzsch
Henry Fox Talbot

UCA Summer Project

Over the Summer I have been doing a Project called "Self Portrait through Objects" before I start my course at UCA. I decided to base this project on Toy Photography. UCA Summer Project - David