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A place being built - construction - in this idea I could demonstrate the construction of a space being converted into a place. For example, I could focus on the construction sites and show the process of the construction however due to the time limitation I wouldn't be able to show the whole process. In opposition to this I could look at the demolition of properties, destroying a place and turning it back into a space. This could be considered to in some kind of way to be getting rid of the history but you could also say that despite a place being destroyed the history of it is permanent and always lives on.
In this idea I thought about investigating how the literally space of a building can become a homely place through the tenants making their stamp on the property. They also create their own sense of history within their homes through how they customise it as well as spending a lot of time living their, providing a sense of attachment. With this idea I would initially like to take a photo of families standing outside their houses almost like a family portrait which would allow the audience to associate the owners to the house. Then I would take further photos which would Illustrate the parts of the place which are unique to the owners and also imply a sense of their history. Anything relating to their history could range from dents in the sofa, marks on the walls, measuring how tall children are on the wall, stains and many things that imply time passing by.
This idea was focussing on the history aspect of the brief and how that spaces can become a particular place due to the history it has with certain people. I could get old family pictures and recreate them. That place that in the photo become meaningful due to its history. I could try and take the photo from a very similar angle and perspective and then photograph it on film in order to give it that sense of authenticity and vintage aesthetic. I could present the two photos side by side as references to each other and see what kind of effects that I could create with it. Perhaps ripping the two photographs in half and place the halves of each photography and see how they resemble each other. Despite time passing, it still remains the same
Another potential idea that I had but probably wouldn't be able to carry out through time restrictions was where I would photography a space before, during and after a festival. Before would show a landscape, a field which just looks like an empty space. Then during when the festival taking place where there is masses of people and stages, tents and pop up shops. Then after when all there is left is litter and rubbish, showing the aftermath of the festival
This photography project would take a documentary approach where I would document the day to day lives of workers at a car wash that I have already gained access to. All the workers originate from Romania and can barely speak any English. They all have migrated to England to work earn money in order to provide for their families back at home. There are 6 workers (3 are related) who work 10 hours a day, are paid below minimum wage and don't have the best working conditions. However they cannot afford to leave this job as they do not qualify for many others. I have already established a couple of potential story lines within the car wash but the one that intrigues me the most is the one where one of the workers lives at the car wash as he doesn't have and can't afford a place to stay. This demonstrates that the car wash shifts from being a workplace for all the workers to being home to one. I want to investigate the transformation and difference between the car wash when it's open to when it's closed and observe the shift in the space's role it plays in the workers lives.
Notes:
Shift
money, work and labour to a homely environment
Opposites
Toll it takes on the workers - hands
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