Lately I have been reading alot of blogs. Blogs from America mostly, where people go around places and ask people random questions. sometimes they will ask about aspects of their life, or their hardest struggle, or biggest pain, and other times they will just listen to people and their memories or general wonderings. These blogs fascinate me, and i thought to really bring my images to life i could ask the poeple in them ( my family) similar questions that cangive the viewer a better understanding, and perhaps even a chance to relate to these lives that are not important to them but are everything to me.
Each member of my family is most definatley outspoken with a few quirks, each having their own story. Here are some of the information i gathered to potenially add to the images of them.
Mum
-‘If you could give any piece of advice to a large group of teenagers what would it be?’
‘Don’t do drugs’
‘Why?’
‘Becuase I can’t think of anything else to say.’
-‘Tell me something’
‘I don’t know’
‘It can be anything’
‘I like hot weather, I like it hot. I like the colour yellow.’
-‘What are your thoughts on growing old?’
‘No. It’s terrible, lets just out it this way I am all fro euthanasia Sophie, thankyou very much.’
Lucy
-‘What was the happiest moment in your life?’
‘Having my children.’
‘What was the hardest part of that?’
‘C-section. Ew, I could feel them tugging and stiching me up, pushing verything back in.’
-‘What makes you laugh the most?’
‘My mum, oh yeah, she is tapped. I remember the time i made her so angry she had a fag after wuitting for like years, oh man it was just so funny, just the way she does things, i mean that doesn’t sound funny but hell it was. She’s the smartest person I know but dear God she is tapped.’
I am awaiting to speak to my dad and brother yet I’m am sure I can get some interesting material from them.
I am also going to develope this idea, present the passport image and text beside it, I think this can progress alot, epsecially as I think it would make the images come to life.
