Managed to speak to someone in the steampunk group, the person is a lady I spotted last week at their Halloween meeting in an elaborate gown complete with fairy wings. This individual is very keen to have her photo's taken, says she has a house that looks like a castle, once lived in florida, London and now lives in Lincoln. She has hundreds of gowns which she is very happy to model, for all occasions with every accessory imaginable. She seems to be a very interesting subject, I get the impression from talking to her that she is very lonely which is one of the things I would like to convey with the photo's.
My tutor thinks this lady would make a very interesting subject and reminds me to keep a professional distance, which I'd already identified as a possible problem if not heeded. I should get the variety of photo's from the various rooms in her house which is 'full of antiques and ghosts', don't think I'll be taking photo's of ghosts but she and her house sound very interesting. Recommendations for research from my tutor:
Ray Billingham - 'ray's a laugh'
Nick Waplington - 'the living room'
Also to look at regarding approach: Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, who both photographed during the American depression, look at how they composed their sitters in their surroundings.
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