Hello all.
Having put myself forward for organizing the class photo, I have collected some research material for an idea about how these photos might be directed. Let me know your thoughts.
CLASSIC PORTRAITS
The type of stylish studio portraiture available in all good shopping centres across the UK. This blog says it all really...
SEXY PEOPLE
The idea would be to photograph our class against a variety of backgrounds, styled and positioned to give that nostalgic, classic portrait look. Sponsorship could be sought from vintage retailers like Beyond Retro or Rokkit to provide the perfect 80s clothes. It also reminds me of the photographer Martin Parr's 'Autoportrait' collection - Parr traveled the world in the pursuit of being photographed by just such shopping centre talents. 
My feeling here, is that these could be lovingly cliched portraits of the class of 09. However, as they are not at all slick or serious looking perhaps this is the wrong aesthetic to be presenting to our potential future employers. What do you think?
Thanks chaps,
Bryony
Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Gigafly
2 weeks ago
27 March 2009 at 17:12
sounds fun but how does it work as a group? and how does the irony translate to large scale mono link to the themes of this years show?