Assignment 3 planning (part 1)

Visual story telling...

Option 1

The same, but different - photographing lots of different people doing the same thing - a sort of follow on from the projects of George Gerogiou (Turks 1); Philip diCorcia (Heads) or Manuel Vazquez (Traces). A couple of 'locations' sprang to mind, namely, people at the exit barrier to a car park or people fuelling their vehicles - I drive circa 1,000 miles a week and have done so for years and the interesting situations in which people find themselves carrying out relatively simple tasks is entertaining. Similarly, the level of ritual people engage in to complete routine task is quite bizarre.

The concept: to select two to three locations for each option and set up my camera on a tripod, frame my shot so that the images were consistent throughout, and wait for the scenes to unfold before me.

Whilst this would fit the brief in terms of story telling - same task but very different approaches and attitudes, if I were to use different lenses (as per the brief) I feel the portfolio would loose its impact.


Option 2

Manufacturing - documenting the manufacturing process of getting milk from the farm to the consumer. This option also fulfills the brief, but distilling the activities into only 10 images without loosing or confusing the audience will be difficult.

The concept: to identify key activities (the main image) and perhaps also focus on one element of detail (an inset) and support this with text to provide the minimum of information.


Option 3

The rapidity of modern building - close to my house there are two building sites, one residential and the other commercial.

The concept: to find a suitable location and make a series of images that show the speed of modern day building. This could be done using different lenses - map overall progress with a wide angle and show the detailed progression with a zoom lens.