Alex Ingram, a photographer I follow on Instagram has been doing portraits similar to mine.
His series ‘Inside Out’ documents a story on social distancing in the UK’s smallest city, St David’s. He has been shooting the people that live there, 2 metres away from there windows. In the captions of his Instagram photos he says who the portrait is of and about where they live. For example this one is of the Mayor of St David’s in his caravan. I like that he adds who they are as it makes it a bit more personal. It is also more interesting as well as you get to see a glimpse into someones life in quarantine.
Like other similar projects I have been looking at, Ingram’s portraits showing different people shows that this is something we are all going through together. The captions will make the viewer feel more empathetic.
I like all images in this series and he is continuing this project until lockdown is over so it is exciting waiting to see the next one. As he has always stood 3 metres away the subject is always about the same size. What changes the most in them is the window frame, in some you can hardly see the window and in others it frames the persons face. One thing that is different in mine which is that you cant see much reflection on the window. He has probably done this on purpose. In mine the reflection reflects the isolation of the outside world.
From this work it has got me thinking more about how I can represent each person in my images story. The captions in Ingram’s work adds more depth to the narrative which is effective. I need to think more about how I can show this.
Lucy Davis 