project help...

[HopefulM]

I'm doing a project for college on forgotten things...

I'm struggling a bit for inspiration (apart from the usual derelict buildings & dead flowers etc)

what does 'forgotten' mean to you?

thanks

 

[ki_user]

Summat like this maybe?

 

[neil_g]

keys wedged down the side of a sofa?

 

[stevedunster]

I once saw a beautifully made small wooden seat in a churchyard with a brass plaque saying,

"In Loving Memory of...."

...the wood was rotten and thick moss grew all over the seat. It was so sad and the juxtaposition was sublime

Forgotten!

 

[ki_user]

Old person portrait, very emotive when teamed with the word forgotten.

 

[HopefulM]

thanks chaps!

have now got a few ideas......

watch this space - as I might need some c&c before final submission!

 

[redmonkee]

....er I can't remember!!! my memory isn't what it used to be

 

[Keenbfb]

Black image

I forgot to turn the flash on

 

[Nod]

Belated birthday card?

 

[Harvey_nikon]

Take some gritty B&W photos of tramps/homeless people

 

[Yv]

If you anywher ethat can collect dust very quickly [woodworking shop perhaps], where you can get an old teddy bear or toy very obviously dust ridden, then shoot it sat on a shelf, or similar.

 

[SmileyShazza]

Old person portrait, very emotive when teamed with the word forgotten.

That was the first thing that I thought of. Could work with a portrait of a homeless person maybe as well.

Also a list of things with everything but one crossed out as if it had been forgotten.

Shots of things that have been left behind like an odd shoe or a childrens toy which you sometimes see abandoned on the streets.

 

[HopefulM]

thanks - all these are great ideas!

I'm off out this afternoon, so may have something to show later!

 

[Coldeh]

Take some gritty B&W photos of tramps/homeless people

They can really be societies forgotten, that and old people. Maybe try and get into a care home?

 

[HopefulM]

I think I'm a bit too wimpy to take photos of the homeless I'd be worried they'd either have a go at me or chase me or something horrible :shake:

it's something I'd love to do though, as they always look really interesting and I think would make fabulous subjects.

 

[Coldeh]

I think I'm a bit too wimpy to take photos of the homeless I'd be worried they'd either have a go at me or chase me or something horrible :shake:

it's something I'd love to do though, as they always look really interesting and I think would make fabulous subjects.

You could always buy them a hot drink to say thank you after you've taken their photograph. Personally I don't consider photographs of the homeless a disservice as you are highlighting their plight.