Peer Feedback and 1-1 with Sarah #2

In yesterday’s peer feedback meeting, we discussed our initial ideas for our thesis topics. I talked about my first conversation with Sarah, and some ideas I’ve been thinking about after talking more about my photography practice. Nun and I discussed a lot about analog photography, and what drew me to it. I said that I enjoyed the entire of process of it—taking the time to load a film roll into the camera, taking shots sparingly, developing the film, printing the photo in a darkroom, etc. The process makes me feel closer to my own work.

I had some initial ideas about “reimagining” the photography exhibit by making it more interactive. But after the discussion with Nun, I also like the idea of building a type of camera that focuses on the process, over the image itself.

With all these new thoughts and ideas, I met with Sarah again for another 1-1 and described to her my thoughts about photography. We had a thorough conversation about how to move forward with my research. My next steps is to look at each step of the photography process (ie. making a photo, sharing it, and consuming it) and brainstorm alternative ways of doing those things. I’ll also be experimenting with actually making something for each of those topics, to figure out if any of those experiments is something to move further with.