The challenge for October is to do a self documentary series.
Self documentary - document yourself for a moment, for a day, for a week. Document a specific event or an ordinary day. Be honest, be real, be true, try to be a little gritty, do not gloss over, do not only show the pretty images.
Series - 3 images or more - a sequence of events, tell a story.
Try using text to add to the story or explain an image.
How to do it - use your self time, use a tripod - if you don’t have a self timer - be the director and editor and ask someone else to be the photographer. If you don’t have a tripod, try sitting the camera on a bench with a towel or wheat bag to steady and angle the camera.
Inspiration and ideas:
See my images below - a few photos from a series I did a few years ago consisting of a year of documenting my life and thousands of images.
Some artists and projects work to check out:
Self documentary:
Marianne Mueller :: jo spence :: documented life :: nan goldin ::
Domestic documentary:
Bill Owens - suburbia :: Nancy Honey :: Richard Billingham - Ray’s a laugh :: Larry Sultan - pictures from home :: William Eggleston :: Martin Parr - the cost of living, common sense and signs of the times :: Tina Barney - theater of manners ::
A moment.
The dishes are piling up, the house is a mess, I am surrounded by evidence of motherhood.
I often carry her around. She demands to be up where we are, she is annoyed at looking at legs all day. We are attached.
I Can’t get anything done. She whines and whinges until I distract her.
I long for a quiet moment.
Sick of chasing the baby around the house all day. Having a rest, thinking of what? the days are passing.
Where ever I go I am followed, everything I do I have a helper.
She is an observer.
