The project was confusing, I have never been very good at planned documentary photography, like this project. However I did enjoy the process of taking the pictures, walking around town. I also enjoyed editing them - I learnt new techniques and finally found out what 'dodge' and 'burn' tools do.
Sadly I had a very bad cold half way through which affected how many photos I took.
I think it comminicated '1 square mile' quite well - although I don't think I managed to cover a whole mile, unless you live in Leeds you would not be able to tell this - the statues are all in different places, all look different and have a slightly different reason behind them.
If I did this again, I would make sure I got more pictures, going around different parts of the city - such as the arcades - so that there could be more variety in the pictures. I would also try to take photos against different backgrounds - all of the statues are either in or against sandstone.
I have learnt more editing techniques, tool uses (dodge and burn) and styles during this project; as well as I find it imossible to come up with documentary ideas on my own (I spent the first week with no direction for my project).
Conceptually, once I finally found some direction, I found the project fairly easy. There is much in the way of art in Leeds, and the most noticable, yet most ignored, are the carvings and castings on and around the older buildings. Think I have improved my ability to communication with my pictures for this project
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