If you've read my previous blog post, you'll know that in collaboration with photographer Andrew Wilson, I have got a grant to create a portrait photography and storytelling project which will both take place and be exhibited at the Henry Jones Art Hotel in February and March. So that we would have a few photos to display in the gallery before we kick off with our phot sessions in February, and so we had some materials both as examples for other participants but also for promotional materials, we did a couple of trial shoots at a makeshift studio in the Parliamentary Coworking space in Murray St.
While Andrew was getting to know the participants and taking their photographs, I filmed a little bit of behind-the-scenes footage, to give people a bit of a look behind the curtain and demystify the process somewhat. I did some short interviews with each participant to get a little bit of info about each one and get them to share their experience of the photoshoot.
Getting your photo taken in this kind of situation can feel a bit nerve-wracking or awkward at first, but everyone seemed to relax in the end. I found some traditional Samoan music to play, which definitely helped Loni do her dance moves without feeling so self-conscous !
I will release other short videos with more behind the scenes footage in the coming weeks, but here is my first which introduces our first participants and gives a bit of a feel of what the shoots were like.
Andrew has devised an online booking system for participants to book in photo sessions in February and March, and it's been great to see so many people book sessions in already and embracing our suggestion to wear some clothing or bring an object that has some significance to their heritage or where they come from. We're certainly going to have a visually interesting collection to look forward to. So please come on down and see us at the Henry Jones Art Hotel , we'll be in the Packer's Room Gallery and we will be there for much of February and March either taking pictures, filming video or putting photos and text up as the display continues to grow.
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