These images capture my first visit to Swinton, where I walked around the area without any direction, just letting last minute decisions depict my route. This way of shooting works well for this project because it means one gets a good basic feel for the area and what its like, before delving deeper on later visits. I shot these images using a 50mm lens on a crop sensor body, which means the lens is actually like a 75mm due to it being times by 1.5 by the crop sensor. This focal range is quite restricting due to it being fairly zoomed in, this meant I had to be far away from large subjects to capture the entire frame. This focal range also explains why a lot of my images are in the portrait orientation, due to it allowing me to capture a greater height.
I feel this image shows how the area is quite a common british town due to the addition of the british flag which makes the viewer think about all the social connotations attached to the flag.
This image is quite a negative view on the area because it is literally telling the viewer to keep out of the area.
This pub caught my eye firstly from its name, as its literally called 'The Football', this could suggest that its lacking in culture and only wants to attract people who support football. There are also England flags in the windows which support the red signage of the pub, these two points could lead to the pub attracting a football hooligan crowd.
This image is one of my favourite from these initial photographs because firstly the mobility scooter seems to have been abandoned with the shopping still in the basket for the user to go into the amusement store, because thats more important than their belongings. Secondly, the areas that need amusement arcades need it because the place itself is usually bleak and boring, so needs perking up with something else.
In this series of images this photograph includes the most amount of people, because I found that Swinton's busiest area was the bus stop, to foreseeably leave the area. Which could suggest that the town itself is not worth visiting.
The last two images focus much more on people within their space, going about their daily lives. Although the images contrast each other due to the first showing the stresses of parenting which can be seen in the subjects facial expression, and the second shows an old woman looking through her shopping with a smile on her face. Her expression could be from her thinking about something she's bought and going to enjoy from Morrisons.
I like this image because it doesn't give the viewer much information because the subjects head has been replaced by a logo. The image makes you think about what would be on the other side of that sign and what would the viewer look like, but one can only guess from the few things the image shows to reveal the subjects identity.
This images composition is why is stands out for me, I feel the lines work really well and are then broken up by the subject walking through the frame, which adds motion to the still life image. Also it gives you an insight into the boring architecture of the area, which is very bleak from the use of concrete and square edges.
The last three images above are quite different to the rest of the set because its focus is strongly on the architecture of one building. These piece's remind me highly of Andreas Gursky's work which focuses on repetition within architecture and man made objects. These three pieces do not sit comfortably within the rest of the set and would stand alone as a separate project in my eyes.
The last two images work nicely together because they're shot in the same area but show two different forms of transport, while both showing a person on a journey.
My initial photographs work well to give me an idea of what the area is like, which allows me to start thinking about what idea I can choose to develop. After looking through the images its obvious that some don't fit with the rest, such as the architectural photographs which could be linked to Andreas Gursky. So my next task will be sorting my photographs into separate subject groups, to split potential ideas and look at the images as different entities. This will allow me to end up focusing on one idea which I develop to the end piece.