Shoot Four- Graffiti- Shoot Analysis

Within this shoot, I intend to capture the art and rebellion of the youth culture through graffiti. Depending on who you ask, graffiti can show destruction of property, or it can show an individuals personality- a way of expression. Even though one of the main elements of graffiti is the colouring, within this shoot, I intend to edit my best photographs black and white. The reason behind this is because it shows the darkness labelled on youths who spend their time doing graffiti everywhere- they are classed as no good troubled teenagers who should be spending their time better.

The main photographer this shoot is influenced by is Dan Boulton. As shown on my research log, his work displays the gritty and slum-like stereotype of graffiti and youth. Notwithstanding this the editing of black and white of this shoot is also influenced by the work of Richard Sandler- also shown on my research log.

The reason I wish to use black and white editing throughout this whole shoot is because as shown by the work of the photographers mentioned above, nothing is distracted the audience in gaining a "messy" opinion about the youth culture. For example with the example of Dan Boulton the youth subjects in his images almost blend into the background- they fade away as if they are becoming the vandalism of graffiti. Furthermore, I believe the use of black and white is symbolic into showing the stereotypical mindset of teenagers/ youths, the idea of anxiety and stress being part of their identity.

The techniques I wish to experiment in this shoot is blur- to show movement across the graffiti- I believe this would be a good way to get the symbolic message of the messy mindset of a youth. Additionally, documentary imagery will also be very key in this shoot because I wish to take images of the public- passers by of the graffiti, capturing both the unaware youth with the graffiti mixed in behind them.
To show experimentation, I hope to use physical editing in this shoot as well, this may include the printing of an image and the drawing over the top to show the graffiti covering over them- this may become symbolic into suggesting they have lots their identity; their own identity is through their graffiti.