I went to Brighton today, and stationed myself outside, near the pier. I wanted to experiment with the public, which is a lot harder than it seems. I approached people and asked them to take a photo of the area- it could be anything, the pier, or their feet, or buildings (but ideally not each other) Most people didn't really understand why I was asking (and thought i was crazy) Luckily, I met some very nice Chinese tourists who wanted to interact. I asked about 15 people in the end, whom ranged from 17-35ish, and each took a few photos. The results are defiantly different from what I would take, for instance:
Quite a lot of these I was surprised at; they were well shot and had a definite style. There were also shaky and blurred ones, but some really nice shots. I was thinking that these work quite well to see what other people might take photos of, but they don't mean much- because all the people knew how to take photos, had been educated, and therefore were not challenged. I did notice something very interesting in how the people I gave a camera too acted differently when they were given a task and a camera. They were much less shy and took photos of everything. I find this an interesting outcome- that if you are given a task, or if you aren't taking photos for yourself, you come out of your shell.
Because of this shoot, I was persuaded against giving the cameras to random ages, and want to focus on a group or area. I am not sure who they might be! Have been thinking about this all week, and I have come up with a few groups; children, homeless, bike culture... hmmm.
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