Location and Documentary Practice:

My response to the brief...

For this project you may have guessed that I would like to focus on Sport. After researching various spects of documentary within Sports photography I will focus on one sport to document, considering who, what , where and how it will be displayed within relevance to the audience and subject matter. in order to do this successfully i will research a variety of practitioners over the field of documentary, their techniques, ethical issues, gathering information from a range of sources.

'Cartier-Bresson's phrase "the decisive moment" sums up the aim and intention of a sports snapper perfectly; timing is everything.' (photography monthly)

Project Brief:

The nature and direction of 'documentary' is shifting rapidly. In the two articles you were sent during summer tis shift, use/abuse of the genre 'Documentary' is explored by two prominent lens based activists. Colin Jacobson (picture editor) and Paul Wombell (then director of the photographer's gallery).

In this module we will look at the history and traditions of documentary photography, investigate current debate, presentation and approaches of contemporary practitioners, explore issues of ethics, censorship and self-governance. At the same time you will be expected to document an event, activity, location that may be related to your interests, to consider who and what you are recording, where and how it will be displayed if or how this is relevant to your audience and subject matter.

"Sports Photography is one of the few remaining pure forms of documentary photography..." says Jerry Lodriguss (Philadelphia Inquirer)