I think I have at last finished shooting for this assignment. A number of sites I had in mind I have since discounted as they have too much of a “view”. One of the common threads running through the bulk of the places I have chosen so far is that the view is pretty nondescript, not something that in its own right would justify the siting of a bench, memorial or otherwise. A handful of sites in Hexham that I had in mind all have too much of a view and so would not fit.
One last decision though that I have made is to include for each diptych its geographical coordinates: the spaces in question have become specific, definable, and locatable places. This decision has largely been influenced by Anton Kuster’s Blue Skies project that I looked at in connection with Assignment 1, and in which each photograph is annotated with the coordinates of the position from which it was taken.
I now just need to get on with editing and putting together a final set.
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