From my feedback on the first stage with my initial idea and first shoot I didn't quite like where the project was going for me. It was very uncomfortable and I felt too "seedy" doing what I was doing, so I have decided to change my idea up a bit but will run with a critical statement however. The statement that I have decided to go with for this stage and for the final is "Design should inspire people to see the world in a new way". So to go about this, I decided to do the opposite of my previous stage and ventured out to places and streets in Wellington that were a lot less populated, where it gave me a chance to really look around in my environment and to critically analyse my idea and approach. I noticed by walking down alley ways and some certain streets, that people never really pay attention to their surroundings and are always busy with something else like their cellphones. I stopped for one second and payed attention to what was around me, with the exception of my camera I noticed a lot of things that could be changed and seen differently.
One experiment I conducted on a few people I know was that I first off showed them this photo:
I then asked them what they thought about this photo and they simply said it just looked symmetrical and was of the McDonald's on Manners St.
I then showed them this picture, which was the original:
They were surprised and shocked at how they didn't even notice the one little change to this image, and had seen something that looked normal into a completely and entirely new way.
So I then went on and conducted and took more photos similar to this one, but with graffiti instead to see if people can realise how plain something can be, but in reality can be turned into something fun and exciting.
Here are some of the photos:
Other photos that I would be interested in doing this too:
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