#1 – I would like to capture downtown Phoenix’s growing urban scene. Unique
coffee shops, people riding bikes, marketplaces, public art, etc. My vision is to see
people living in community and resisting the ‘normal’ standard of living. I love how
people will only buy locally grow products and are against large corporations.
#2 – Pick a unique mile stretch of road and confine myself to just shooting within
that area over the next couple month. Examples would be Mill ave or Roosevelt
Row, but not so obvious. I like the idea of an area that is unique but not necessary
popular.
#3 – My Grandmother has leukemia and doesn’t have very long to live. I have
thrown around the idea of photographing her last days. I think it would challenge
me as I’m not one to photograph people. Downfalls are that I need to get her
permission and I don’t how much access I will have to her as she has been bouncing
around hospitals.
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I’m terribly sorry about your grandmother, my thoughts go out to you and her. #3 is a lovely idea, even if you don’t do it as a project for class. However, #1 is more what I see your style as. And I loved the shots you showed earlier in this semester of that theme. Instead of just focusing on nonliving items, maybe throw a few people shots of the customers or the owners of those establishments. It’d be cool to get to know those people as well as what they stand for. Great idea and it seems very true to your style!
When I was reading your 1 and 2 ideas, I recall a picture you took for one of the assignments in ART143 of a street person pushing his shopping cart . I think you could possibly combine ideas 1 and 2 along the line of “street people life” in the style of your 143 picture. The other night when I was in the area of 5 Ave and Van Buran attending a commercial photography lecture I noticed a lot of “street people life” around sunset, when the day city workers had left the city and it brought your cart pusher to mind. As you may or not know, street people are more active around sunrise, gathering there stuff from their night place, and the waning hours of sunset, settling in for the night. Observing them scavenging during the day also provides for some great pictures. Just some more feed for you thought process. A word of caution, street people can be very dangerous.
Sorry for you about your grandmother, it is hard to lose a loved one.