Portraiture. IDEAS.

I shouldn't have dove head first into one concept, i had a few ideas at the start but because i was excited in starting this genre ive just rushed too far into it.. so im going to take a step back and consider the artists ive looked at so far.

From my post on Photographic Portrait Prize 2006'- National Portrait gallery and the other books i looked at, i had a few ideas but thought it might have been too early to have started them.



I liked the following concepts;

Photographing couples - Kiryl Smaliakov, Tom Campbell
It'd be really interesting to get an insight into as many different couples relationships as possible, i could include same sex couples too and show different dynamics of people being together. Only problem, how many people do i know who are part of a couple?

Marking an event - Rineke Dijkstra, Garth Walker 'Louise 1st birthday'
I'd like to photograph this as it'd have a lot of sentiment and emotions behind the work, not necessarily 1st birthdays but other events like birthdays, anniversaries, passing a driving test, moving into a new home etc etc. Again, i can't really count on an event coming up.. i dont know of any with the people i know, so it'd mean asking strangers or staging work...

Parents & children - Michiru Nakayama, Tom Craig
Seeing their physical differences and similarities, problems in relationships, closeness in relationships, lack of parents?

People at work/ people at home- John R. Myers '24 photographs middle England'
Seeing how differently people act whilst at work, if they're professional or not? and what are people like at home, such as when they're eating their tea?

Montage people in places - Lee Friedlander 'Los Angeles 1965'