Researching for my next unit at the moment. It is a self directed brief so I can choose to do any subject or approach I like. You would think that this would be the easiest thing in the world to do, not so it seems.
Without the boundaries of a set brief ideas are very difficult to pin down. I have found that with so many possibilities and the prospect of so many under developed ideas flying around in my head it is hard to think straight.
I decided to go back to basics.
I knew I wanted to comment on the music industry because it is an area I am very interested in and the area that I wish to work in. Choosing which part of the industry I should comment on was the difficult bit.
My work needs to be conceptual so live concert photography was out straight away.
After narrowing down my options I have decided to focus on the fans. The fans of music are its lifeblood, without them music in the mass communication format we are used to would not exist and would be confined to personal involvement.
With the fans comes the gig culture, an escape from the mundane for an hour or two. This was a huge factor in the growth of the Manchester music scene. People escaping the drab, dire conditions of a dying industrial giant ravaged by war and a lost sense of purpose.
Love will tear us apart, but music will bring us together.
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