• What you want to explore?

Throughout this project I am going to explore the theme ‘Street photography.’ I feel there is much more to explore within street photography, as what usually goes unnoticed is actually the most interesting thing to capture. Through my interest in art and painting, it had inspired me to look differently at what makes up the streets, for example colour to features of buildings, road signs, lights, signage, posters, and letters. I feel like this alone makes the street a much more vibrant and lively place when you look closely into it, revealing alsorts of hidden features. From this I am going further experiment looking closely into visual elements such as colour, shape, texture, composition, pattern, line, and space. Looking at the graphical and structural elements that contrasts each other is what I am interested in exploring. Further developing my photos in lightroom to intensify the original colour, and formations.

o explore this concept of ‘capturing unnoticed,’ as this will not only engage the viewer but reveal something. Exploring this I

• Why it matters to you?

Through knowing different styles of art, I look at the streets in more artistic was paying closer attention to minor details, colours or formations which all work together to create very visually appealing streets. I like admiring colours expressed through graphical signs/ prints and on architectural buildings, to further looking closer at relfections and shadows or people and other interesting objects that make up the street. Fomalism is abstract art. The particular way colours are distinguished between more colours, separated by distinct lines is further represented within the streets whether we notice it or not. This concept really inspires me as I admire this contrasting effect formed through different ways. The graphical prints created by the sold block colours which are further expressed with details create this type of contrast as unusual shapes and outlines are formed through this.

• How you wish to develop your project?

Inspiring artists Saul Leiter and Lee Friedlander, show how they use similar techniques being inspired by formalism. I am going to take various approaches they use, in particular abstraction. This idea of presetting photos in an unrecognisbae way, but engages you through the use of expressive formations and vibrant colours presents a unique perspective of street photography.From for example using popele as subjects withtin the street. This will allow me to create a contrasting feature to explore with overall adding more to the image.

I want to use aspects of street photography within my own work, inspired by Lee Friedlander and Saul Leiter. Then further zooming into aspects that are personal. For example looking at signs, then seeing this in relation to someone within a photo, like getting their expressions and relation to the words. Further developing this by zooming in on how this signing and wording has a relationship with them personally. This will create this documentary and series of photos that express this gripping narrative, and unique approach to street photography. Exploring this through the composition of lines, pattern, space, form to colour, texture and tones, which will help me achieve this high contrast effect between these different elements, working together communicating this engaging and visually appealing narrative.

• Which form you wish to present your study (photobook, film, prints etc)
• When and where you intend to begin your study?

I am going to start off with capturing interesting formations and structured elements that i and interesting and unique, from signs and wording, to reflections of people through windows to buildings which will create this visually appealing composition. When taking the photo I want to have in mind this element of high contrast which I am going to express through the photo; layouts, lines, how the person is displayed within this, overall creating engaging shapes and colours.

how you interpret the themes of ‘OBSERVE, SEEK, CHALLENGE’

Throughout Observe, seek and challenge I am going to explore street photography and people but making it personal through using people I know and places I am familiar with, documenting a story that personal to me, following . Inspired by Saul Leiter, I love his use of bold compositions created by contrasting elements through colours, reflections, lines, shapes. I love this structural look created by colour, shape, texture, composition, pattern, line, space ,

This will overall help me a I feel this approach wiI want to show a journey throughout, creating a sequence of photos.

• I am going to take photos at different points of the day, for example during peak hustle and bustle times of the day, to during the evening and at night.
• At night – capture people going out, in their outfits,
• look at buildings that have a meaning around time then focus in on someone – follow them i the moment