Third draft...

I went back and looked over my second draft project proposal and have decided to alter and add in a few new or different things, at this point it is still very much the same as the last draft as i didn't receive any feedback on it to drastically improve on and change things within it, so below is my tweaked proposal for my fmp.

Project Proposal

Project Title -  Degradation of the land.

Keywords - Nature, Landscape, Importance, Natural, Vital, Wellbeing, Environment, Health, Degradation.

Overview / Topics of Interest -

From thinking about all of the work that I have produced in the past, whether it be self directed or brief specific my work tends to veer towards looking upon the environment, specifically nature and landscape based. I have an interest in what in my surroundings and I am aware of how important it is to us as humans and this is something that I want more people to understand a see through the visual.

Introduction / Research Question -

The theme of the environment and the interest in nature and landscape is something that has been noticeably obvious in previous work. I want to further my knowledge on the environment and how it is affecting people through further research to expand on what I already know on the subject area.

I want to produce a body of work that is informative and interesting. This body of work will be based on the environment and will look at land and environmental degradation. This is a way for me to visually show how the environment is being polluted and mistreated.

Aims and Objectives -

• To research more into the environment and its effect on health/ wellbeing.
• Gain better knowledge of how our surroundings affect us.
• Look at / research different photographers who produce work based on the environment and landscape.
• Research more into environmental and land degradation.
• Researching different locations/ areas.
•  Look at different types of environments
• Finding said locations and seeing if they are suitable to be photographed.
• Produce a body of work that will have a visual impact.

Rationale -

My intention is to document different locations / areas to show people the effect that environmental and land degradation are having on different areas within Manchester.

The environment is a vital key to peoples health and well-being, photographing the degradation that is taking place is a way of visually showing what is wrong with the natural environment and how it is not of as much importance as it should be.

I am going to find different areas and locations that are being affected or have been affected by degradation and document these places to produce a body of work that is based on the landscape.

Previous Research -

I have previously looked into how the environment can affect a persons health and how interaction with the nature around us can drastically alter mood and stress levels. This is something that is stated on an article I read on the website Taking Charge of your Health and Wellbeing.

Kreitzer, Mary Jo . (n.d). What Impact Does The Environment Have On Us?. Available: http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/healing-environment/what-impact-does-environment-have-us. Last accessed 18/11/2013.

I have also looked briefly at how the environment affects people health wise with air pollution and the different hazards that are within the different types of environments.

[N. k] . (n.d). Environmental Health, Available: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicId=12. Last accessed 18/11/2013

General Methodology -

Researching and looking into different locations and areas with different extents of degradation to find the ones that would be the most interesting and have the biggest and most effective impact of the viewer when photographed.

Date Collection and Analysis -

I will use all of the research and information that I have gathered to enable me to pick the best locations that will produce the most informative, interesting and effective photographs to document the degradation going on in certain areas of Manchester.

Qualifications and Restrictions -

There may be restricted access to certain locations depending on where they are (may be privately owned) this is something that can be determined through research and gaining knowledge about the area or location which will in turn determine how i go about photographic certain locations.

Specialist needs - Equipment, Access, Workshops, Training etc -

Access to different locations - Knowing the locations that I am going to and their accessibility and if there is any restrictions on times or access.

Access to equipment for on location shoots if necessary - university hire.

Knowing the weather conditions and forecast on the days that I am going to be taking my images as the weather will in turn determine the outcome of the images.

References:

Books -

Bright, S (2011). Art Photography Now. UK: Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Susan Bright’s ‘Art Photography Now’ to research different landscape and environment photographers.

Sontag, S (1977). On Photography. London: Penguin.

Looking at photography in general to gain a better understanding for different aspects of it and how it can impact the visual.

The Photography Book. London: Phaidon Press LTD.

Looking at different photographer and photographic styles.

Gould, K and Hosey, L. Women In Green: Voices of Sustainable Design. Ecotone Publishing.

Chapter focusing on how we live in the land.

Newspapers, Magazines, Journals -

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Websites -

<www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/healing-environment/what-impact-does-environment-have-us>

Article focused around the what people look for in an environment and how it influences choices, i.e. living somewhere. As well as how stress levels and your mood can be altered by interacting with the environment.

<www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicId=12>

Looking at the different hazards of air pollution and explains the different types of pollution and hazards.

<http://www.andrewbrooksphotography.com/>

Photographer who produces some landscape based pieces and has been influential with some of my previous work.

<http://www.grida.no/publications/rr/food-crisis/page/3566.aspx>

Environmental and land degradation.

<http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Impacts_of_Environmental_Degradation>

Causes of degradation and pollution, how it can be prevented or atleast minimised.

<http://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/the-outside-world>

Page about an exhibition by Richard Learoyd titled 'The Outside World'

<http://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/richard-misrach>

Information about the photographer.                  

<http://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/carleton-watkins>

Information about the photographer and as series of work produced documenting areas before mass development.

Proposal Summary and Development -

Since last week I have decided the direction in which I would like to take this project, defining the type of thing that I am going to focus on within the environment because it is such a broad subject matter. I Have also done more research into some photographers looking at different series' of work' that have been produced based on different things within the environment.