While I go on walks almost daily, I have been taking photos more just for myself. I thought that because I had so many I could include these into my project. As it wasn’t for any specific reason the photos are of different things I have found on my walks. Theres almost three different categories, nature, places that are normally busy but now not and other things like construction sites.
These are the more nature photos. To me they hold more meaning as I don’t normally spend much time in my hometown. So having time to walk more explore lets me appreciate what I live so close to. I feel like in this project and the current situation, the people who can’t go outside are probably longing to go outside and see more natural places.
I think these photos are quite eerie/sad. There was meant to be a new big housing development being built, but all work stopped on it when the lockdown started. It shows how much everything was affected by Coronavirus. As some of the houses were almost finished there was probably people almost ready to move into them.
These are the random photos of places that are normally busy but now empty. I like this as again it shows how things have changed. It makes more sense for me though as it is places I usually visit. Like a shopping centre that should of had so many people there, the pub would of normally had loads of people in the garden and the steps are right by a school so would of had lots of people walking home. So for me it is clear to see the changes, whereas to someone viewing them who doesn’t know the area, it just looks like normal empty spaces. For that reason these wouldn’t be effective as part of the project.
For me the nature photos work best. My idea is to put them with the portraits, possibly in a photo book. In the portraits the people look longingly out the window and then on the next page is the landscape.
Lucy Davis 