Shoot Six- The Change Of Interests In Youth Culture- Image Bank

I have a very similar photo of this on my 30 project image bank blog post because I find it really interesting because it is a counter stereotype of youths. Even though lots of my shoots for this project include the grime stereotype of youths being negatively portrayed, I hope this shoot varies by being a counter stereotype- revealing to my audience the different sides of youths, not all youths behave negatively. The reason find this photo intriguing because stereotypically, magazine shops are considered the places which are filled of "nerds"/"Geeks" however, even though we cannot see the faces of these subjects, we can see their clothing which appears to fight against the typical clothing associated with "nerds". I also find this photo really symbolic because it implies these youths are almost "becoming the media", peer pressure is a high issue in today's society of youth and I find this photo really informative of this.

When I come to shooting the photos for this shoot, I really hope to recreate an image such as this one because I find the narrow depth of field effect really interesting as the Head-shell on the tone-arm is in focus and the tracking force gauge is out of focus along with the back of the record player. The reason this makes this a really intriguing photo is because ben though there isn't ay subject physically within this photo, the audience are still able to form a story suggesting the music is being player- the tone-arm wouldn't be on the record if it wasn't meant to be playing music- therefore showing how there is someone listening to the music- we just cannot see them. Even though there is a chance I wouldn't be able to gain clear enough focus such as this photo, I hope to recreate my own version of this photo, yet I may chose to use the entire record player instead of just the arm.

This photo is really interesting when looking at the counter-stereotypes of youth because many years ago the record was a widely spread interest with most household owning one, however in the past couple of years, the record has appear popular again by certain teens which I find interesting because its almost a full cycle of interests. I find this particular image intriguing because of the position this photographer has got the subject to stand in- holding the record over her face; this is because it almost as if the photographer wanted to imply to the audience hat the audience is ashamed to be using records and is therefore hiding away from the camera because this doesn't conform with today's society of youths- fighting against the stereotypes. This is a very similar photo to one shown in my 30 image bank for the whole project, however unlike the other one (which is low key lighting in the studio and a close up), this photo is in colour and is further out, revealing the simple clothing that this subject is wearing which I find interesting because the colour of red on the top contrasts with the darkness of the record.

Much like these images below, this is an example which works with the idea of this shoot of interests in electronics and technology however it may stand out too much from the rest of the series in this shoot so I intend to use this example to help show this message however, I hope to use it in my computer experiments post instead because then I believe it will fit in more and I would still be able to show my audiences different stereotypes (being constantly connected to a screen) and my different experimentations. I find this image really interesting because even though it appears to be an older subject (which I won't be taking photos of) the message of being sucked into social media and phone technology is still highly relevant. Another reason this is an interesting photo is because of the blur hiding the subjects identity, all we can see is what they are wearing and the most important part of the photo- her phone.


As shown in my shoot analysis, I have created a quick example which is very simple to this photo, however when I come to making computer experiments, experimenting with different blending modes, I hope to recreate a very similar photo- spending more time on it. I find this image really interesting due to the symbolic meaning behind it, unlike the image below, the entire body of this person has been replaced with the keyboard implying that the whole of youth is slowly being taken over by the technological world. However, I do not like the top on this image created with mouths as I do not think it works very well and wouldn't help my message of youths being technologically taken over with random mouths scattered on the image- I do not wish to use this aspect when I come to my computer experiments.


When I come to Physical experiments, I hope to recreate an image such as this one because I find it really interesting, even though it links really well with this shoot idea, there could be a chance of not linking with the other images of this shoot so I hope to use it, yet separate it. The reason I find this photo really interesting is because of the symbolic aspect which is formed within it. This photographer has taken a simple portrait with normal lighting within a studio then printed out the photo ripping out the face- this is a good effect because if the face was cut out, it could appear too neat and would have the same effect that it does here. This is because the ripped effect suggests that as time has changed youths are forced into this world in order to fit in. Furthermore, the replacement of the face with a phone simcard is highly symbolic because it implies their lifestyle has been replaced by technology instead. However, the photographer has created irony within this photo because the face with messily ripped out, yet the sewing up of the simcard is very neat.