The purpose of this document is to formulate and communicate your ideas to your tutor, for
them to approve and provide comments, suggestions and any other feedback.
The project proposal is not a binding contract. It is quite acceptable for it to evolve and
perhaps shift direction; this is part of the creative process. However, you may find it helpful
to think of the document as a real-life professional application for funding, or for permission
to photograph at a restricted location.
Your proposal should include:
• The project brief: What, where, how and why are you photographing this subject? Your
motivation is important. What is the wider context around this subject?
• Influences and research: Which photographers, writers or other creative practitioners
have you looked at/will you look at during this project? Include a reading list if
appropriate.
• Likely treatment: How will you photograph this subject? What special techniques or
equipment will you use? Do you need any further training? Do you need or have you
got a ‘plan B’ in case something doesn’t work?
• Potential outcome: Note any (realistic!) ideas you have for resolving this body of work
(e.g. book, gallery or site-specific installation).
• Budget/resources: What will you need to spend, or what other resources will you
require to complete the work? How will you access these?
• Estimated schedule: Identify the different phases of this work and set realistic deadlines
to achieve them by. It is often helpful to do this by identifying the final deadline and
working backwards.
You should also explain if or how this project builds upon your previous projects and research.
If you’ve already worked in a related area, or if you’ve already begun the preliminary work,
then include some photographs, if they are relevant to the proposal.
My brief is detailed below:
The Project Brief
The
brief is to photograph “Man’s Influence on the Landscape” selecting areas
around my local area in the Forest of Dean where they are impacted in either a
positive or a negative by the actions of individuals or groups.
On
an individual scale we each contribute both positively and negatively in our
own small ways and influence our local landscapes - a lot of a little can soon
add up.
Influence and
Research
Man’s
influence on the Landscape can viewed as both positive and negative and the
work of practitioners such as Salgado highlight that a decision by man to take
no action can have a positive effect on the Landscape. I particularly enjoy the
emotion that I find in his black and white images.
Much
of what we see has been so ingrained in our lives that we take it as normal yet
David Maisel using a viewpoint that is beyond most people can bring home the
truth of man’s impact on a wider scale. Alex MacLean also demonstrated areas of
Wales impacted by Man also on an aerial scale.
Sometimes
things are right in front of our eyes yet we fail to notice them and a simple
different perspective can bring them to light
Likely Treatment
I
would like to work in black and white, I enjoy the contrast and shades of
colours between black and white plus the simpolicity of mono. I will give this some thought. I enjoyed my experimentation for Assignment 2
in trying to replicate / develop a type of emotion within an image. I will need
to read up on black and white photography and technique and consider using high
dynamic range treatment within my images
Potential Outcome
I
want to create a set of individual images but bound by the local of my local
area and I want to demonstrate both the negative and positive impact of man on my local landscape
Budget Resources
I
will need access to specific areas perhaps some achieved at a small cost and
some through a simple request
Estimated Schedule
Given
my current position regarding work and being away from home mid week I estimate
around the end of February 2017 / Mid March
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