This was one of the first photoshoots we did in St. Malo , however it was unplanned we came across this water fountain while we were deriving. I like this photoshoot because I think It fit’s in well the concept of pushing the boundaries of what is and isn’t accepted in society. There was a few spectators sitting on the benches behind the fountain it was interesting to see their reaction, some of them stared in disgust while others choose to ignore it.
This was the second photoshoot we did, while deriving. The concept behind this idea is similar to the first one as these ‘trunks’ were put there to be looked at and not to be climbed almost as a type of monument. However I don’t think this idea worked as well as the first one because there wasn’t many people on the beach therefore we weren’t able to get an audience reaction or participation.
For this photoshoot, the girls sat down next to the man on the bench and copied his movements although this photoshoot wasn’t pushing any boundaries I think it was a brave thing to do and isn’t in the norms of what society would expect you to do in public especially with a stranger. It was also interesting to see his reaction, I think he was embarrassed at the beginning but then understood what was going on and found it quite amusing.
When we were with Tom Pope we came up with the idea of carrying Holly around in a populated area. I think that this was a good idea however it was hard to keep a straight face and not laugh which at times made it look like we were just messing around between friends. There was also no participation from the audience which Tom Pope likes to incorporate into his work, it was more of an ‘closed’ photoshoot.
For this photoshoot we took it in turns to wonder up to the statue and copy the position in which the statue was standing we made a video out of this however this is just a snapshoot. In the video we were able to capture the audience walking by and looking at what we were doing. However I don’t think that this photoshoot was pushing the boundries very far and therefore we didn’t get a big reaction out of the public.