obsessive compulsive hoarder

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/obsessive-compulsive-hoarder/4od

i spent alot of time over the summer watching documentaries about hoarders. this one was the first. they are fascinating and a real inspiration. it shows an insight into what some people are like and how some people can let their homes take over from them.

It is an illness and it makes the person become very isolated and lonely. by watching these documentaries i have become more engaged with my subject and have learnt more about it.

I am the eye.

Quote from john berger. Inspirational.




Also a good start. i am showing the world what i see. i am showing my personal view of the world.

whats out there and what i see is personal to me. its in the the eye.

Trying something new

Got the blogger app on my phone. Hopefully it works! Lets see..

just an image

my mums mum.

her house is messy and shes crazy as they come.

update update.

So haven't blogged in a while. it clearly is not my strong point.

But anyhow.  An update, so far I've been researching into millions of different photographers. getting a real idea of what works and what doesn't when photographing family. it seems that anything goes but what makes it successful is hard to tell. Basically the images need to be good and interesting.

On Wednesday i am off to visit my mums mum to start shooting. as it'll be my first visit since starting the project i will be mainly chatting to her and getting what shots i can. however i haven't seen her in a month so i'll have a lot to catch up on i'm sure.

I will also be recording some of our conversations along the way which i am planning to do on Wednesday but we'll see how it goes.

Website

found the best website for photographers work the other day.

http://vervephoto.wordpress.com/page/6/

so many amazing images.

This has really helped to kick start my research for this project. so many different photographers works relate. though few photographers seem to of documented a hoarder. I guess its a hard thing to capture unless you know one. They are very private people generally.

however for this project i am looking more at how other photographers work when i comes to capturing family and something that is personal to them. their results all differ and obviously each photographer will work very differently but its a good idea to get a sense of how they work and what works well.

Also researching into other works lets me see how they compile edits and how long the series tend to be which are very important factors to consider.

Presentation time

As part of this module we've had to do a presentation that has to be presented to class. we are working in pairs for this and it has to be based on a photographic series or a photographer that works in a personal way.

 Today i was working on the presentation. Ours is focused on a photographer called mike brodie. He has some fantastic images.

his work is very personal because it is a document of his life and the way he lives. it shows an insight into his life without physically showing him. yet the way he documents everything around him it still shows how he lives and what his life must be like.

http://girltears.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-polaroid-kidd-ridin-dirty-face/

there's a load of his images on this link above.
You can see how his works are personal. i really like the style of his works as well and the colours that are given from film.

Our presentation mainly focuses on what his images say and what the work is about.