I was looking forward to executing my idea for this self-directed project. I’m working to the premise that it’s unlikely to be possible. Whilst I feel some level of disappointment, I also appreciate that it may be an opportunity to take an entirely different direction which in the end may result in an exciting piece of work.
Like many, I found myself in a bit of a slump after a few weeks of lockdown. The lack of routine and structure was difficult for me. I also found myself at a bit of a loss as to what I wanted to photograph. My decision therefore was just get out and do it without any preconceptions. As my original idea for assignment five was always liminality (and lockdown is very representative of that state), I began to think about what elements around me could be interpreted that way.
I’ve been photographing car parks, alleyways, windows, staircases, graveyards, railway stations and railway lines, subway tunnels etc. The streets are quite empty at the moment so it’s a good time to explore.
I already have quite a lot of images and those presented above are some that I particularly like. Splitting the images was to create a literal space in-between (and a sense of separate-ness) which I think works well visually. At the moment, the images I have are quite disparate. A fellow student felt that a typological approach may be better in terms of coherence, which I entirely agree with.
However, I enjoy a series of images that are put together with a certain disparate, chaotic quality. Of course they are not really chaotic but very carefully edited and sequenced which requires a good eye. I don’t think that’s something that comes naturally to me but I’m going to pursue that as well. As always, I’m going to go in both directions.
Landscape, Place and Environment 