Author Archives: lucyjasmin

For this shoot I visited a married couple who lived in their own house. This already is quite a contrast from people on my previous shoots. Not being limited to just one room also allowed for more locations for the portraits. I used what I learnt from previous research to lead this shoot. From MichelleContinue reading “SHOOT 6”

I am doing research into peoples personal spaces and what it means to them. I am focussing on bedrooms at the moment because the age group I am focussing on are less likely to have their own homes. This means the main space they can call their own is their bedrooms. I read an articleContinue reading “SUBJECT RESEARCH – PEOPLE AND THEIR SPACES”

I have already researched Michelle Sank, but since changing my style of photographing there is another one of her projects that is useful to look at. ‘My.Self’ is one of her projects where she documents the diversity of young people living in an area. Especially what it means to be a young person in todaysContinue reading “VISUAL RESEARCH – MICHELLE SANK”

Martina Mullaney was born in Ireland in 1972. She lives and works in London. She has a series of work made in 2005. It is of large scale photographs of slept in beds of homeless people in England and Wales. It is interesting how she has approached a common and sensitive subject in a uniqueContinue reading “VISUAL RESEARCH – MARTINA MULLANEY”

This is the first shoot I have done with my latest idea of focusing on people in their own environment. As I still wanted to experiment with techniques I chose to photograph two of my housemates so there was no pressure to get it right first time. My tutor recommended to try and do theContinue reading “SHOOT 5”

James Mollinson was born in Kenya and grew up in England. His work has been widely published throughout the world. A well known series he created was ‘Where Children Sleep’. He displayed it as a book, where on the left page there was a portrait of a child, on the oppisite page is an imageContinue reading “JAMES MOLLINSON – WHERE CHILDREN SLEEP”

These first few weeks have been really beneficial for experimenting with ideas. The subject research has helped lead this project as I now have a good understanding of people in their 20’s and what comes with it. This has helped me photograph not just as a photographer documenting a scene but also with empathy toContinue reading “SUMMARY 1”

Doug DuBois is an American photographer known for his portraiture work. He makes documentary work of different people. The series I’m interested in is ‘My Last Day at Seventeen’. It is of teenagers in Ireland as the new generation of Irish. The project started as a month long residency and turned into a long termContinue reading “VISUAL RESEARCH – DOUG DUBOIS”

Tobais Zielony is a German documentary photographer. He explored communities around Europe. He has a lot of interesting project where its as if he is telling a story about a group of people. They include, ‘Car Park’, in which he captured listless young Brits in a desolate urban landscapes. Another project ‘Curfew’, shows the destructiveContinue reading “VISUAL RESEARCH – TOBAIS ZIELONY”