17.12.12 University work- The Collector

The Collector

This university project expores the lives of people with large collections and aims to shed light on the types and scales of collections out there!

17.12.12 Update!

In anticipation for my new project I thought I'd better share with you the photographers in my research who's work I have found inspiring. I haven't been posting recently as my project work has taken over my life but this post 'Julian Germain' as his series 'For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness' was important to the project and the series is beautiful aesthetically and really helped my project get out of a pretty deep rut. This projects different poses and interesting details reminded me that documentary work is about 'seeing' and along with the advice of Paul Wenham Clarke (a tutor at AUCB) I came to a very big conclusion with my work. 

This conclusion (though I feel I already knew this and hadn't admitted it) was that my work was suffering through lack of technical skill still. On my course we've been barely taught the essentials, so with PWC's advice I went out and brought more lighting equipment to play with over Christmas. Hopefully my camera will be repaired and ready for testing so I can get a solid lighting technique as I need this so I can concentrate on taking a great portrait! Along with writing my dissertation, passing my driving test and general Christmassy things!