Project 2: PEOPLE

Project two is based around the exploration of portrait photography or capturing a sense of people without people existing in the frame.

My first response to this project is how could I capture a sense of people without people actually being in the photo?? What is an anti-portrait? The first images that popped into my head was from the film "The Ring", specifically from the curse tape. They are shown below along with a link to the video clip.



The Ring: The Curse Tape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkVlC2WgEwc

Director: Gore Verbinski

The first image was very vivid in my mind after I read the brief. I like it because it gives off a sense there is life within this shot without the shot being directly on the person, instead a reflection. The way the mirror crops the person reminds me of typical Victorian portraits.

I'm not a big fan of people photography purely because I think people act differently when they know they're being photographed. It seems more logical to test the second option of trying to capture a sense of people instead. This seems somewhat difficult to grasp so I will brainstorm some ideas on how to do this and what things are exactly associated with people.

Things I think would create a sense of people:
* Emotions and expressions
* Body language
* Body actions
* Importance or power/authority - based on low angle shot of person
* Sense of family
* Hand held mirrors/anything hand held?
* Reflection
* Statues

It is important to keep in mind that this project is based on medium shots so the exploration of the medium shot is crucial and what its potentials are.