some reading and research into how others introduce photo projects

I have to write a short introduction to my photo project. I was searching the internet for a few other examples of this, and how to write it. Here are a few examples:

1) "On May 15 2012, Aday.org asked people around the world to pick up their cameras to photograph daily life. Bringing together thousands of both amateur and professional photographers, the project mirrors how we lead our everyday lives in 2012. The resulting collection is a unique document of what really lies close to us and how photography connects us.The entire collection of 100 000 images from more than 165 countries can be viewed here on the Aday.org site, open for everyone to explore. All photos have also been donated to research faculties to be saved for future generations.The Aday.org project was initiated by the Swedish non-profit foundation Expressions of Humankind. Our mission is to use the power of photography to create, share and inspire perspectives on daily life – today and tomorrow. The foundation and project is backed by a highly respected Global Advisory Council. "

2) "Project 50 — 50 days, 50 photos with a 50mm lens. Simple concept but to actually complete this project at a reasonable standard takes some serious dedication, personal motivation, oh & good friends help too.

I get asked a lot — “Why are you doing this?”, generally my answer is — “Just for the sake of it”. But let me expand on that a little more. To me the value of this project is completely inherent in the act of doing it or, more importantly, the act of completing it at a level of quality with which I am happy — I'm doing it to prove to myself that I can."

3) Silverlens Gillman Barracks is proud to present Locus, the first solo exhibition of works by Filipino artist Poklong Anading in Singapore. 

Fresh from a residency in Bandung, Indonesia, Anading (b.1975) will present a suite of recent projects characterized by his seemingly instinctive ability of uncovering links and hidden connections between such diverse subjects like street performing (busking), analysis of progress in the Built City and the rituals of daily, urban living.

Anading has been described as an alchemist of the ordinary¹. Partial to process, he is wont of setting up systems or mechanics that would allow his works to create and compose themselves, resulting in pieces that are steeped in chance and ambiguity, where even the accidental is respected well enough to be incorporated into the work, as if cues from a silent collaborator.  

From footages of inverted skylines to a street performing monkey walking on stilts, from layered photographs of towering cranes arranged by gravity to cosmically fallen bread crumbs, Anading effortlessly weaves a grand tale of intertwined narratives that reveal his idiosyncratic storytelling genius. It could be by design or perhaps by chance, still the image of the sky permeates through each piece, as if a thread that strings the elements together or a common backdrop, an immense cauldron that catches and keeps everything contained. I surmise that if we venture to observe a little closer, this could actually offer us a rare glimpse into the artist’s worldview, and in a strange way, could also mirror or shine a light into our own relative position in the universe as well.  This is the first of series of six exhibitions programmed by Gary-Ross Pastrana for Silverlens Gillman Barracks in Singapore. Succeeding shows will showcase works by leading figures in Contemporary Filipino Art like Maria Taniguchi, Nona Garcia, Yason Banal and Victor Balanon. 

I have a few ideas from these. The first two are quite relaxed and laid-back, but they are written in quite a catchy way; they get the point and aim of the project over very quickly, which I liked a lot. They are not very in-depth however, and do not really have any theory and stuff in. I guess this is because they are introducing internet photo series, whereas I need to do a more scholarly essay for school. I like their style, however.  The other one is much more in depth, it goes into a bit more detail of the way that he might use more academic ideas to base his project, and how he might shoot in a style to say something; the other projects are more participatory, and therefore seem to have less written in them; as a viewer you are encouraged to feel/make your mind up by yourself. I feel like this is more like mine, but i guess that for a hand in I have to be more acedemic. Sooo, I will try and connect these two styles. I will try and have a quite laid back style and not give away exactly what the project means, while also being in depth with references and readings.