--> a map, and each spot where photos were taken, you can click on, and a gallery jumps up, and you can look at photos.
--> A similar set up (map) but when you click on the photos, it comes up with a film-ic display with soundscape of the area... would be more street-like.
--> Just a website, with a central photo, and links around. You click on different links and end up in different places. I could make this!
I have done some research into similar sites online, and found there have been a mix of both of the ideas above. It would be easier to build a more normal website (because I am not technically skilled) though I think creating a sort of online street view would also be really cool. I might look into how hard this might be, and if it's too much for me, I will build a pretty website, and not do anything else.
Here is an example of a website with a similar idea:
http://disposablememoryproject.org/
They dropped 500 cameras around the world and told the people to take a few photos and pass them on, and then take them back when they are done. I liked how it has a news bit, and then all of the images in a blog, which you can choose. What is good about this is the sheer extent of photos, ans that they put them in airports- so you always get everywhere in the world. Its also good because its a gallery, but has a blog and news too, so you can "keep up to date". Other projects, such as "the 100" don't have this- which makes it seem only half done.
How to sum up my project
Street photography at it's most base level. I let people on the street interact with the media, and document themselves. Taps into ideas about analogue, and also taps into ideas about surveillance, and representation.
A pitch: Disposable Brighton puts cameras across Brighton and encourages the street passer by, the "masses" document themselves and, as artistically as they please, show their town. The mass of people, ethnicity's, lovers and families is lovely to see, and interact with. The project asks questions about how we feel about being documented, and how we value analogue photography. It raises the question of documentary, and whether it is more "real" to document yourself as opposed to being documented by someone who wants something. It starts to explore the selfie, the idea of image dissemination, and what it means to be photographed now as opposed to 50 years ago- an image saturated society.
A new article and some research into how people are using disposable cameras
http://www.cultofmac.com/236116/photographer-trashes-disposable-cameras-to-make-instagram-irl/
Found this funny article which talks about how people are using disposable photos to try and make more real photography is contrast to the photography from instagram. they used all shorts of funny tricks to get the same effect- i like this experimenting with cameras, it's pretty cool!
Here is an example- she got the slightly out of focus effect by using chapstick:
Also came across this interesting disposable camera project:
http://onegiantarm.com/camera-exchange/
it's called "Disposable?" by One Giant Arm, and what it does is give cameras to lots of "creatives", "Contributors were challenged to produce a series of photographs limited only by the restraints of a disposable camera. By mailing the unprocessed film each photographer was unable to censor or edit their final outcome . The resulting images have demonstrated that the production of credible and experimental imagery is possible without the need for expensive equipment."
This is a pretty interesting subject; because nowadays we are have constant access to the creation of images. we instantly can see what the image looks like, and can take several more if they are over exposed or if the subject blinked or if there was a person in the background; this project shows that by not having this access, we have to really think and plan what we want the photos to look like and what we want to create. i really like this idea, because often the photos turn our really well- as with some of these: here are a few examples:
what is really nice here is the quality of the shots; they are grainy and badly taken, but this makes them seem much more real and gritty, which gives all the photos a urban and realistic feel (which is very in atm) i also like, when scrolling through what each photographer took, that you can get a feel of what the person who took them is like- they only shoot what they see is important, or beautiful or worth a photo. This builds up a lot of style and also shows what people think IS worthy of a photo- and while there is a fair bit of art and self, there is also really interesting things, beautiful shots, real art.
I would like my project to have this same effect. Maybe it's not all beautiful shots, but what I will have is a collection of images in which people give themselves to the project, they show what is important to them; it is a collection of humanity by humanity. I guess the difference between the two projects is that this one is about beauty and precision, whereas mine is about the everyday image (which can be beautiful but mostly isn't) and our behavior and speed to take images- usually over quick. These show how many different ideas can come out of a similar method! cooool
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