This semester, I would like to continue with my previous semester’s work in senior studio. The project I would like to continue, Boston Voices, will continue to seek to add timelessness beyond the 24-hour news cycle (or an otherwise lack of coverage) to activism in Boston. By documenting activism across the city, I hope to inspire viewers to become more engaged with current events. Through the continuation of this project, in conjunction with publishing the photos on Instagram, I hope to give more normalcy to activism in Boston.
Through the feedback of my senior studio and digital photo III peers, we have identified that this project is more successful through the use of black and white imagery. The one exception to this is having imagery remain in color when red is predominantly present as red is the color of the revolution.
Through feedback, we’ve also identified opportunities for the project. Often, outside imagery of protesters appears overexposed. This high exposure seeks to bring light to protestors’ faces but leads to the sky and other environmental surroundings being blown out. To bring in more environmental context to these scenes, I should work on using a flash to better illuminate protestors’ faces. For guidance in illuminating subjects’ faces in outside environments, it was recommended that I draw inspiration from the works of Dutch photographer, Rineke Dijkstra. Another opportunity of mine is to experiment with more angles that add more creativity to the photos.
