Final Images

After much deliberation, these are the images selected to be my finals. They have been selected due to how they work well in a series together, and their ability to capture the essense of my project's concept, of time passing people by.

To begin with I like the way the real focal point of this photo is the girl, with the man passing her only secondary. This is the starting point of my project – I want to show their story, want to encourage the viewer to question what it is they having going on, what they are doing, what they are thinking, as the world around them passes by without really even their noticing.

This is a photo of someone else doing their photography down by the waterfront also. It appealed to me because it shows how caught up in our process we become, and maybe the best subject matter of all is whipping past us while we remain oblivious, who knows. How still he is comparative to the cyclist and walker is nice, and I like the way you follow the people’s movements from left to right across the screen until you finish with the statue-like figure of the photographer.

This image of the lone man, watching the scenario framed by the two groups, really emphaises the idea of ‘taking time out and there is a real sense of how peaceful he is, juxtraposed with the fast cyclist and two school girls. The relationship between calm/rapid movement interested me in this photo.

At first I didn’t think this image was so successful due to the extremity of the cyclist’s blur – but upon closer inspection I think it offers something really nicely to my concept. The couple who are taking a moment to look at the view seem to be even stiller as the viewer contrasts them with the obvious speed with which the cyclist is rushing by. There is still enough detail to recognize it is a cyclist, however the rush at which he is passing the people is apparant. There is also a sense of tranquiliity in this scene, which is possibly even emphasises more with how unpeaceful the cyclist is.

I like this image because it truly captures the concept of ‘passing people by’ who are caught in their moment; in this case, tourists attempting to take a photograph. The cropping of the man at the front and the right hand side pushes forward the idea that these people are not stopping, they rush past in a blur all around the man and women, who remain almost oblivious to it.