Student Influence;
CCAD Student:
Jessica Holloway
During our most recent professional studies lesson we were shown examples of work by a third year student who has now graduated. We were shown the students work simply to show us what a photo archive was and how we could create one ourselves. When looking at the students example of a digital archive i find one students work very inspiring.
Jessica Holloway had captured images around a North east town on a film camera using coloured film. This is exactly what i was hoping to do for my Editorial project but is also something i find interesting to look at in relation to my professional studies work as documentary photography is what i am most interested in.
https://www.facebook.com/jessholloway.photography/photos_stream
I think these night time shots look amazing on the coloured film, however i can imagine capturing the image perfecting in terms of not over or under exposing it is easier said than done. This style however is definitely something i feel inspired to try myself.
When i first got our assignment brief my immediate thought was street photography, by that I mean photography of people on the streets not just the streets themselves. Although i think the streets and buildings in the North East look interesting and tell a story of their own, I just felt that actually stopping people in the street and capturing images like what Jessica has done here would mean you may have a bit of a chat with the individual and end up finding out something 'extraordinary' about them. My only concern or set back for this idea however is whether ill have the confidence to stop people in the street.
Jess' Digital Archive.
Jess used tumblr for her digital archive and blog. This is mainly because tumblr was the most commonly used site used by students to create their blogs where as now its blogger. I like the idea of using tumblr as my digital archive separate to my blogger blog. I am familiar with the layout and how to use tumblr and feel for me personally this would be the most suitable and successful way to present my work in a digital archive.
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