Possible themes/ titles

I have been thinking about what I could base my project on and i'm thinking that I could take something quite cliche like 'Best of British' and put my own spin and take on it to create something fresh. I could even have a theme of 'British Cliches' because there are so many different things i could do with that and play around with things that have been done before. I was looking through my AS work and remember doing this:





















This was a rather odd piece and I cant remember what was running through my mind when I did it but its given me an idea; what about 'British Produce'? In my A2 business lesson the other day we covered Morrisons supermarket and went off on a tangent about how large supermarkets can take advantage of the fact British farmers need to supply supermarkets to make money and so supermarkets can knock down british food prices decreasing profit margins for farmers and making farming such a competitive and harsh environment to be in. This has meant that British farming is dying especially the farming of livestock. I believe that a project on British farming and Independant Butchers and Groceries would be not only interesting but would also have historical interest to it in the future.

This brought me to the work of Sam Taylor Wood a former Student at Goldsmiths college and a very successful photographer and installation artist. Here are a few examples of her work when she was battling Cancer and the foot and mouth outbreak had just started.



















In an interview talking about this photograph she said "I remember looking at the cow and wondering which one of us was going to die first but the hole in the hedge symbolised a way out and hope".


This photograph ties in with the idea of the harsh environment of farming and the dwindling numbers of livestock in this country:


















Going back to the idea of 'British Produce' The photographing of Butchers and Groceries side of the project would further my skills in street photography and the farming and countryside, side to it would be something new and fresh for me to cover. This would mean my project would cover countryside and urban subjects.