Ideas of how to present:
- Masculinity & Femininity – Jobs associated to Gender + how they are challenged. My idea for this is to compose a series of images of my relatives in their Family-owned business, in a documentative style, capturing their roles around the farm. Put together, this not only captures their identities but goes to show a gender-diverse work place where both genders, take up jobs they aren’t stereotypically associated with, such as farm work for example.
Moodboard + Mind Map –
(Documentative style)
(Picture Essay – ‘Country Doctor’ by Eugene Smith, 1948)
My inspiration for this came from the Photographer Eugene Smith, who photographed a Picture essay called ‘Country Doctor’ in which he captured a story of a day in the life of a physician living in Rural America. This Inspired me for my idea of creating my own idea of a picture essay but having it consist of the identities of the Men and Women working within my relatives business.
(The ‘Country Doctor’)
- Identity – Through full body shot portraits, Photographed with the subjects direct mode of address, I aim to show their Identities with their facial expressions, clothes and posture. By having them in a location and position natural to them, this ensures I capture their Identity accurately to be interpreted by the viewer.
Image Analysis:
Mood Board –
With these 2 Ideas in mind I will explore masculinity, femininity and Identity through one of them for my Photo assignment.