Let's see the world with your eyes

Standpunt objectief (Sebastiao Salgado)


...subjectief (Delilah Montoya)


...open kader (Patrick Nagatani)


...gesloten kader (Elliott Erwitt)


...licht (kader van de film "Amores perros")


...moment kort (Elliott Erwitt)


...moment lang (Fredric Roberts en Bill Wittliff)

- P r i v a c y p r o j e c t - final presentation

Standpunt objectief:



...subjectief:



...kader:



...licht:



...moment kort:



en moment lang:

Pashokje

Mission accomplished!
I find it difficult to talk about processing the certain idea, cause most of the time it's just a feeling caught and formed in something visible. And that is always hard to explain.
The picture was supposed to be more artistic and creative, but with all these possibilities at the area of Premiere I dispose of (at this moment) I'm glad that I've obtained at least something I can present the comming Saturday. Actually my present picture differs widely from my very first idea, but let's say I like it.
Ton asked me few weeks ago questions relating to my point of view and my vision of its presenting. This note below might be actually considered to be explanation of my vision.
Ton's questions:
- wat zien we in beeld en hoe ?
- Wat wil je er mee zeggen (/wat zegt het beeld?)
- Hoe lang duurt het, waar begint en eindigt het mee?
Wel, I tried to capture into my image one shopping person (being followed by me) and show who is she/he + her (in this case) taste (1), present life (2), social status (3), needs (4) etc. => how: baby in a buggy (2), DIDI, honkelmoller (1,3,4), clothes chosen to be tried on (1,4), time she took to do shopping (2,3), her reaction on being exposed...
On this way I'd like to show that it's just enough to put attention on someone to find out who is she/he. Everyone can immidiately make a guess what is the certain person doing by taking a careful look at (for example) the equipment she/he is carrying with (like Marieke noticed: check the outside of the bag and you know immidiately how much money the owner of the certain bag has and probably can spend). My picture shows that the women followed by me is a young mother, almost for sure not working at this moment but having money for expensiver (not the most expensive but also not the cheapest) clothes, and feels pretty unsecure and pissed off while I violated her privacy in the fitting room. I began in lingerie shop to show who is she and ended in the fitting room by exposing her surprised, displeassed face. Voila!

A little bit more confidence please...

I haven't been here so long that I already forgot what was the chronological order of my wrestling with the project that I'm busy with. Anyway, the topic I've chosen for seems to be to hard for me. A fitting room seems to be a perfect base to develop a really good story in the sphere of privacy, but still (even if the wings of my imagination have been spread and tried to be challenged) my courage among absolutely not known people is less than small (using a proffesional camera in a public place arouses interest and suspicion, and makes me definitely self-conscious). Most of the time I hestitated over a choice: "I can/do" or "I'd better not do it..." what led me to the point, where is already a little bit too late to improve my attempts and achieve a better result of the final presentation of my project.
In about a month ago I was ready to use Marry Alpern's clue to create a new way of looking at the subject chosen by me - I was thinking of the places where the video camera might be hidden. After the conversation with Koos I decided to use a bag which is pretty easy to manipulate with a camera inside and in case of any trouble (read: need of escape/quick evacuation from a certain store) could be taken with me very easily. I also made a schedule of my trip through clothes shops in several different towns/cities surrounding Tilburg (Breda-Den Bosch-Oosterhout-Eindhoven-Dordrecht) and except Tilburg of course - I didn't want to be recognizable in my own town as an insane photograph or peeping tom.
So everything was ready to begin with and then my employee decided to fire me. Hmm, life is hard and full of surprises I thought that time... and I gave up my plan of action or I rather changed it (from looking for a new inspiration for my project to looking for a new job...). The comming week I've got my first interview for a PART-TIME job - I have not succeed yet but I'm definitely one step forward, so I can finally focus my attention on schooll and my project. Better late than never ;)