PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT-please help me!

julian · Newbie User Joined: Dec 31, 2006 Posts: 6

Hello,

i am in my third year of studying documentary photography (BAhons). The course involves a lot of work with strangers, going out and meeting people, phone calls, asking them for their time and their help and i just can't do it. For the past two years all my projects have been based on people i have known- family.. but now my teachers have started to get a little impatient.

This might be a silly idea that wont work at all but i thought that maybe my first ever real documentary photography project could be on social anxiety. I felt it would be something i could relate to grately and in a way this might make me feel a little more comfortable (im not sure about the comfortable feelings of the people in the pictures?). Though i realise maybe a lot of the people who feel these things may feel uncomfortable with having their picture taken and meeting a stranger. I am not entierly sure how i would portray social anxiety etc but i would like to try and show what a burden and how life controling they are. I was thinking i could do a series of portriats with some text written by each individual .. saying a little about themselves and how the anxiety affects their lives.

I was wondering whether any body here would mind having their photograph taken for this project? You wouldn't have to look at the camera or do anything that would make you feel uncomfortable, I would prefer them to look as natural as possible, so i wouldn't want any fake smiling. Also my camera is a Bronica-which i look down into, which i feel is a little less intrusive.

I really, really need quite a few more people!! I need about 18 people in total and so far hve only taken 6 portraits (from a different forum.) So please help out if you can, i really need it!

Thank you so much if you have read this far.
and Thank you for your time.

thank you

Tryin · Advanced User Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 413

i like your idea, yet unfortunaty I can not help you, as I live in Slovakia (too far). wish you luck.

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Clana25 · Newbie User Joined: Feb 10, 2007 Posts: 7

I like your idea, I am really interested in photograpy but guess what has held me back fear of social phobia but I like you idea, where r u