Project Brief

I am currently a second year Nottingham trent photography student studying in the practice of professional, critical and visual practice in photography.My work is greatly influenced by such photographers as Richard Avedon with his set on portraits being most inspirational aswell as influences from such painters like the late Picasso in which his abstract art gave a new view on todays art. From researching and looking at how other artists do their profession and see there outcomes such as Picasso and Avedon, it influences my photography to be more and more experimental.As now in my work i try to bring about a shock factor however keeping in mind the overall point im trying to get across/portray/sell. My work to this day is mainly targeted for a commercial audience whether this be put in magazines or on posters etc.
My Project for my second year show is based on documentary photography and i have chosen to represent through photos the life of my father whos profession is an ice cream vendor. My project name is 'The Ice Cream Man' and through my photos i want to represent the life behind the counter aswell as how he feels about his job as hes been doing it for a number of years. I will research facial expressions and how they are used to give a reaction and will try and portray different feelings through this as many a times a put on face is put on when serving a customer. This will mean my end photos will be mainly pointed towards the side of portraiture photography however i will try to keep in mind the audience i intend to make them for and for future ideas for the project such as producing and publicising a book maybe.
For the actual making of my final prints i intend to undertake my shots in digital and once taken maybe adjust them slightly using photoshop equipment. I will use external lighting and will have to travel back home to take my photos. I will experiment with my photographs to see numerous outcomes and how i could use them for commercial purposes and go about from that. The prints themselves i want in A4 however i will enlarge one to an A3 size for the main photo. I will represent these photos with lighting, music and maybe a movie to go along with it if i have enough times. The overall costs of this project will be mainly printing and other external costs for the gallery such as rent, lighting etc.