a bit of lost feelings

i do not know what to do.

i want to go haed with colours plus i have been going to my westmoreland market for over a month.

there, i am getting good results and good contacts.

if think i should give a go to the market and keeping doing colours for my own satisfaction.

6th Tutorial

I thought about  project Adam suggested me to do  and the meaning behind it. the main aim would be documenting the area has it now showing that what the architects wanted to achieve in the 50’s 60’s become an uthopian urban dream. this would have , then , moved a step forwards and rised the following question: ‘ is this regeneration another uthopian plan?’

It is worthy to consider this approach, i believe. 

anyway, i really want to go head with my colours. i love it.

I decided to give an other try. this time , i decided to evolve it in a more structure way. after a long consideration, i came to the conclusion that i should base the choice of the places i want to photograph on people opinion and suggestion.

STRUCTURE

 

FIRST STEP

• interviewing and videoing people:
•  WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
• I AM YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER, PLEASE , WHERE CAN I FIND THIS COLOUR IN ORDER TO TAKE PICTURE ON YOUR BEHALF.

SECOND STEP

• GOING TO THE PLACES SUGGESTED TO ME AND TAKE PICTURES.

AIM

My aim is to create a body of work which starts from my idea, the colour, involving the elephant and castle community ( this allows me to expand my knowledge of the area and give a social  prospective to the project) and finishes again with me in control of my photography. Does it make sense?

IDEA>BRING IDEA INTO COMMUNITY> DIRECTED BY PEOPLE CHOICES>ME, PHOTOGRAPHER IN CONTROL OF SELECTING THE COMPOSITION OF FINAL PICTS.

during the week i interviewed over 20 people. what it became clear is that such a question is not easy to be answered.

fortunatelly, i got some interesting material. i have to say that it was a bit challenging. sometime it took about 4 hr to get 5 interviews of 2 min. each.

in the next few days i went and took pictures of the suggested places.

then i edited some interviews in a kind of chess screen video.

HERE SOME EXAMPLES

i have been trying to upload the video in the last 2 hr but NADA.

here some still frame to give you an idea of it.

PEOPLE’S SUGGESTION

BLUE/YELLOW OF THE ST.MARY CHURCH YARD.

RED/PINK OF SHOPPING CENTRE

BROWN OF BUILDINGS

GREEN OF PARK NEAR EAST STREET MARKET

 

NOW, the final editing is still on the air in a way. still thinking.

i presented it at tutorial. even this time, no chance. 

i am a bit disappointed i have to admit.

i know it can be a good project if it is developped in a good way and at this point i am quiet fed up to change projects.

i want to go ahead.

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