To begin shoot two i embarked on a journey to London, commuting from Broxbourne, to Tottenham Hale through Euston to Camden Town. I walked around Camden finding certain interesting individuals to document either candid or 'posed candid' due to gaining permission to be so close and personal to the subject, although some images are posed by the models they engaged in real conversations and got to know me and the project more as time went on as spent a fair amount of time on each subject in each area. Around Camden i met a lot of interesting people and documented all of this accordingly. I believe it is important to spend a fair amount of time in one place to gain a complete understanding of the daily activities and energy that occurs in the surroundings. Once leaving Camden, i went underground for about an hour and a half staying in the same areas to gain a complete concept of those who go through the underground daily during 'rush hour', to document 'rush hour' in the tube was a lot more difficult than i had hoped and limited my ability to actually document people inside of the tube due to the confined and cramped areas causing lack of movement thus ensuring that i would not be able to focus on a specific person and thus picking a subject became impossible. The tube line i picked to stay on was the VICTORIA LINE. After finishing in the underground i headed towards Westminster on the JUBILEE LINE. I documented social change and individuals commuting home in various ways, at this location.
How well did i link my work from shoot two to photographers Bob Mazzer and Matt Hart?
During shoot two i kept both photographers in mind at all times, looking for couples specifically to fit Matt Hart's documentary photography of PDA (public displays of affection) as well as his documentary of London's social scene. As for Bob Mazzer i think his work is highly reflective throughout my whole series of images from shoot two as i aimed to explore the underground, the station and the area surrounding the station. This is important as it shows how two similar, yet very different photographers can interlink throughout inspiration being drawn from both in an attempt to 'join forces'. I again, kept every image in black and white to link specifically to Matt Hart's work who emphasises on creating a contrasting image to the brightness. He does this to show the rawness and create a harsh contrast between foreground and background. Thus connoting how the image can be perceived in many different ways. By using black and white imagery for my documentary series it emphasises the stereotypical view of 'documentary' as it makes the images look old, worn and like every image has a deep uncovered story behind it, by doing this it causes many connotations and denotations to occur (these will be explored in 'straight images, final work' blog post).
