Project Development: Location Shoot One

Having looked through my old research, such as 'Hurry up and Wait' and 'The Great North Road' the most successful images in those books are the portraits of the people that the artists encounter. Through driving and owning and maintaining a car, I have met a lot of people that are associated with road travel, and I feel that visiting and shooting them is a relevant part of my project, and something that I can expand into.

I decided to visit my mechanic, as he is a big part of my driving life, and I felt that he would make for an interesting set of portraits.

These four images are the best I took, and as it was raining and he was busy, I didn't get the chance to take too many more! I think that, from a viewers perspective, images of people that I come across and deal with over the course of my journeys make for more interesting portraits than my passengers. I am beginning to realise that I am going to have to expand my project a little to include more of these types of images. I plan to keep some key portraits of my passengers, but concentrate more on the roadside services.