Richard Renaldi’s book ‘Figure
and Ground’ holds a series of images that “…melds two classic photographic
genres – portrait and landscape- into a single descriptive frame that speaks as
much to a sense of the individuals before the lens as it does to the space they
inhabit.”
It
is this feature that is most relevant to my project as I too, wish to capture
the essence of a person as well as the environment I find them in. in his book
he photographs many people in a range of different places, whereas in my own
project I will most likely restrict it to the beach outside the Yacht club
house, and within its walls. This will again reinforce the relationship between
the images and the location, and will be obvious to viewers who are not completely
aware of my project brief or aims.
I will
have to organise a trip to the beach this week, and experiment with both landscapes
and portraits. Hopefully people will be happy for me to photograph them looking
“wind swept and interesting”; otherwise I may have to use my charm to win them
over.
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