THE IDEA
I watching the news one night and they showed a girl being pushed out of a car then ran over then heaps of cars just driving past, this is where my original idea for my folio came from. I went out and tried to capture people not helping people in need such as a blind man dropping his cain, a man falling on crutches and old people trying to cross the road. I started shooting this series and i found from the first shot that everyone helped. I then found myself with a few images of people helping others just out of common curtsy. This is where my final theme of common curtsy came from. I then went to many different locations around canberra with Burkey falling on his crutches creating the series for my folio.SELF ANALYSIS/CRITIQUE
I believe the idea around the series is great as it is real documentary nothing is truly setup you don't know what is going to happen, if people are going to help or not. The technical qualities are not the greatest such as angle, exposure etc, but the photos are about the content and idea rather than the quality as it not set up like a studio shot. I believe the way i have presented the photographs is good as each photo as almost a short story/mini series rather than just a 6 A3 photos. I don't think i could tell the story with just a series of 6 A3s. Also mounting on foam core is better as it doesn't make it so much a very precious artwork but more stating a point.
