Evaluation

For this project Space and Place i got the place Wymondham to photograph. As things began i was unsure of what to photograph there and looked at the place online to find out more about the town before travelling there. I began by photographing different areas in the town but avoided the housing estates. From looking at people such as Stephen Shore with his Uncommon Places project, Sarah Jones, Lewis Baltz and George Shaw i was interested by how they photographed the exteriors and interiors of buildings it made me want to look at photographing both however i found that once i had visited the town that the exteriors were interesting and appealing to the eyes. When thinking about the project in terms with the theme of space and place i wanted to capture spaces within the town to capture the essence of time within the place through the architecture as it progresses from as early as the 14th century to the current day. Throughout the course of this project i had been intent on focusing on the architecture and structure, though the Abbey was a key element of the town to me as its part of what the town is known for however though i photographed it i decided not to include it towards my final outcomes as some of the images were weaker than others along with this it detracted from the rest of the imagery that i produced. I have taken more of an objective approach to this project, this was impacted on by looking into the photographers that were part of the New Topographics, how they photographed their subjects for what they were and didn’t try to romanticise them. So here i produced a body of work following this style of approach, not trying to make the place seem “pretty”, giving it an unromantic feel, following this i strayed away from doing much post production mainly straightening images and making them black and white. If i were to have been able to go to the town more often i would have liked to explored around the town further as i feel that the more that i went to the place different things seemed to stand out to me.