TASK: FOR THIS FIRST PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE AND RECORD A WALK BY; CREATING A MAP OF YOUR SPECIFIC ROUTE, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS ALONG THE WAY (WITHOUT PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT OR WHAT YOU MIGHT SHOOT, BUT RATHER SHOOT SPONTANEOUSLY) AND TO MAKE DRAWINGS OR SKETCHES ON ROUTE. YOUR COLLECTION OF IMAGES SHOULD DOCUMENT YOUR JOURNEY FROM START TO FINISH. YOU ARE MEANT TO SURPRISE YOURSELF, TO SEEK A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. NOT NECESSARILY TO AVOID THE BEAUTIFUL, SUBLIME, PICTURESQUE, BUT RATHER TO AVOID THE CLICHE. IT IS UP TO YOU TO PRODUCE A RANGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
I took a variety of photographs around Blackburn, however, I only chose to include these six images, because they shared a subject: people around Blackburn, and they went together as a collection. It is interesting how the outcome of a portrait changes if the individual is made aware they are having their photograph taken.
We asked this man if we could take a photograph of him, so he had time to think about his expression and became a little self conscious.
This man noticed I was taking a picture of him, and his expression changed - people tended to become much more self-aware when they are being photographed.
I waited for a long time for this man to look away so he wouldn't know he was being photographed and become self conscious.
I took this photograph as soon as the train came to a stop, the man in the third window has a confused, questioning expression as he was aware he was having his photograph taken.
Similarly as the first, we asked this man before taking his photograph, he was very obliging and happy to have his picture taken.
This man was totally unaware he was having his picture taken, so there is no self-consciousness or awkwardness in his position.
