The latest edit of my photographs from the candid portrait series ‘Museum’ is shown in a pdf slideshow below. I have yet to decide what work I will submit for assessment but it is likely that the museum work will have to be left out. Not fully sure about this yet. I will wait until I have had the feedback on all of my assignments. In total I did 6 plus my reflective review. The assessment notes say I need to submit four sets of photographs…too much choice. I have already decided that I won’t be putting the ‘Market’ series for that leaves five out of which I have to set one aside…..
I plan to print off these final selection of my photographs and mount them as described in the Victoria and Albert Museum note here. Essentially an acid free window mount is hinged to an acid free backing board. The photograph is then hinge mounted onto the window mount. Archival hinging tissue is used for this. The 12 mounted photographs will then be placed in a 5 cm deep clamshell portfolio box made from archival materials and covered in buckram. If I submit the work I will get the front cover embossed with the title of the work and my name. The mounts will be 11×14 inches and the prints 10×7 inches. I will be using Inova Fibaprint Ultra Smooth Gloss for the prints. These will be printed on my Epson 3800 inkjet printer using the Advanced Black and White print capability.
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Catherine
March 24, 2013
Well, I guess it’s better to have too much choice than too title especially as all your work is so good.
Keith Greenough
March 24, 2013
Yes you are right….I am going to see if I can submit five series of whether this might be frowned upon….thanks for the flattery….at this stage in every course I start to have doubts about all my work.
Jill Willis
March 24, 2013
Keith, I haven’t seen your Museum series before. I love the expressions you’ve captured on people’s faces – such a contrast to the Hill-and-Adamson style. Is that why you think you might not include it, because it’s so different?
Keith Greenough
March 24, 2013
The main reason is that the other series were all made with the agreement of the subjects. These are candid shots. As I’ve moved through the course I have become less comfortable with candid work….but I still like this series and I don’t think I have taken advantage of the people….
Jill Willis
March 24, 2013
I’m struggling myself at the moment with the ethics of candid photography and sometimes feel guilty about doing it. But it so often means you can tell a story that wouldn’t other wise be possible. I don’t think you’ve taken advantage of these people and you certainly haven’t been disrespectful. Do you ask people’s permission after you’ve taken the shot?
Keith Greenough
March 24, 2013
No it never occurred to me at the time. But after reading about how Broomberg & Chanarin did ask permission to take a picture of a woman lying asleep at the roadside I started thinking more about this whole issue. I think my greatest concern is to avoid exploitation. Quite a bit of street photography focuses on making fun of people and on depicting people in distress. You have to think about what the subject gets out of the arrangement. In many instances they are made to look stupid or pitiable. Both are outcomes everyone would want to avoid.