Proposal One

I have the idea to take photographs of the city but from two different views. I want to look at the city from a daytime point of view in the light and then a nighttime point of view in the dark. I feel this is a good place to start as I feel I will get a lot of good different outcomes of the city. I came across this idea as I feel the city is two completely different places when it’s in the day or when it’s in the night, even though they are the exact same place.

I will start by pin pointing places that I feel are most interesting to photograph. I will be looking for exciting buildings, lights, and the amount of people there. When photographing my landscapes, I will make sure I photograph them in the exact same place for the day and night shot. I want to do this accurately as I feel it will help the viewer see the difference in times of day, even though it is in the same area.

To help me I will look into researching Alvin Langdon Coburn as I really like this image called Fifth Avenue from the St. Regis, c, photographed in 1904.

I chose this image as I feel it is the kind of affect I am after, I like the use of light and distance in the image making it look very misty. I would like to attempt this style of working for my own work in the night shoots as I feel I can achieve a really good outcome just like Alvin Langdon Coburn.

I will call my book ‘two worlds’ as I like the idea of showing two sides to the city. For this project I will have to use equipment such as a tripod, wide-angle lens and maybe a flashgun. All of these will help me get the shot I am after, and I may even used Photoshop to edit my photographs to help me get the outcome I am after. I may even look to develop this further by looking at poor parts of the city and rich parts, as this is also the same idea of my work being two different places in the same town.

I have looked in to different styles of books to help me get an idea of what kind of book I am after. I like the idea of my book looking and feeling like leather on the front, and then at the back to be a rough, cardboard looking cover at the back. This will help exaggerate my idea of the city being two different worlds.

Overall I feel I have got a good idea and I would like to keep developing this until I get the outcome I am after. I will then display my work in a book format, so then the viewer can just flick through my book and see all my work. I like the idea of a book as I like the thought of the viewer feeling my images, almost as if they can understand my work better.