We had a group tutorial were we displayed our work on the wall. We would guess the context of peoples work without them saying anything about it. Afterwards they would explain their project. This was interesting to see how others interpreted my work.
I printed mine off mainly in 8×10 as I was unsure what size I wanted. I printed one off larger in 10×12 to see how it looks slightly bigger. My plan has always been to have medium sized prints but more of them to compare. I do like the larger print but I do think I could go even bigger with it.
When people looked at my work there was some accurate assumptions they made such as that it was people in their own environment. Although they were confused about the mix of personal spaces and people at work. They suggested that maybe it was too do with how the camera reacted to the camera. They questioned weather all the people were linked such as all being family or friends.
They said that the one of Jess in her room was different to the rest as it is less cluttered and different use of light. They also commented on the ones that were too busy such as Jordan at his gaming desk. We talked about ways to control the busy environment and artificial light.
My feedback to go on with was to be aware of how to create consistency when photographing more people in varying environments. Also to question were the individual narrative be unraveled. Refine the idea of comfort zone and choice of space. I also need to start thinking more about how I will display my work. They said would a grid really emphasis the individuality of each person.
This tutorial was really interesting. It is the first time in a while having others opinion on my work. When they talked about showing each persons narrative I did disagree a bit. I want to show things about the person to show what they are doing/where there working/etc. But as I want the meaning of my images to be comparisons, I do not want to go that deep into the story of each image. I am going to start to look at layout on how I want to display my work. I know I want to make prints for an exhibition as I am going to be part of the London degree show. If I had enough prints I could look at doing a photo book alongside this.
Lucy Davis 