SOMETIMES I LIKE WHAT’S IN FRONT OF ME – BUT OFTEN I PREFER WHATS BEHIND.
LONDON FROM THE FRONT (2010)
Sometimes I like to look at whats in front of me and take photos of what everyone else is taking photos of.
LONDON FROM THE BACK (2010)
But often I prefer what is behind me and prefer to take a photo of that.
The moral of this story…
Sometimes I like what’s in front of me – but often I prefer whats behind.
P.S – Here is a quick joke for you: The photo above shows Our World My (London) Eye! HA HA HA!
I like this concept… I really feel you could do an exhibition on famous land marks/ photo locations, and there partner of what is behind the photographer. There is something in it that highlights the reality of the location, separate from the 2D image, whilst also bringing the photographer into ‘being’.
Interesting…
Its funny you should say that for a couple of reasons…
1) I have done quite a lot of previous work on famous landmarks and am interested in the whole concept of mass tourism and stereotypical views of locations. In fact, my final piece for my degree was entitled Landmark and I have wanted to continue the theme for a while.
2) When taking this image, I thought it might be an interesting start to a series of images all about what is behind the famous views. My previous landmark project was all about making the viewer question the pre-conveived images in their head and this would follow on nicely.
Maybe I should get going with a few more and share the results?
Incidentally – there is a photographer who did something similar called Stephen Gill. He is a really interesting photographer, does loads of series of images about seemingly small or daft topics, which actually become quite profound when you look at them closer. Anyways, he did one where he photographed the back of billboards – one of the best things was the title of each image is what is written on the billboard. Check out his website as its full of great stuff: http://www.stephengill.co.uk – or here is a link specifically to the billboard project.