My proposal is for a photo
walk, magazine-like publication, and gallery/ display space.
As I am moving back home and
back into the community that I came from, I thought this would be a good way to
get reintegrated and to reform the relationships that I left behind.
It’s been hard to find and
keep a photo community during my time here. I think this project would provide
me not only the chance to get back into one, but to keep one active. There’s
just something about going out and giving yourself a schedule to take photos,
but without having to think, or for them to have to answer to something in
particular. It ends up being a refreshing process and a recharging one.
A photo walk is a great way
to develop a friendly community in the ever-competitive world of photography.
The walk times could vary
between day and night, but we would ideally meet up a few times a month. At
least 2? But more would be great.
We could potentially create
a theme for the week or something to inspire where the imagery would come from.
We would also need a way of determining where to take our photos that day as
there are plenty of good meeting spots! Perhaps we switch off choosing?
Throughout my time in photo
communities, I have always noticed a strange vibe to them in which some people
want to keep their skills or knowings a secret. This is especially true when
dealing with personal practice and images.
This photo walk proposal
provides the opportunity to break this up and bring people together over a
common theme.
I feel as though this would
be different from other walks because I want it to keep going. I would like to
produce some sort of publication, produced quarterly (magazine, zine, book), to
keep the documentary and street photography aspect thriving.
This is also a great way to
keep track of the history and ever changing streets of Vegas. There is always
something someone else sees that you haven’t.
There are some photo walks
that already happen, some of which I have participated in.
Scott Kelby, a big photo
guy, hosts a world wide one where everyone goes out on one day all over the
world. I have participated in that one, one with my school, and one more that I
can’t remember right now. I was also a member of a class at the community
college, called The Las Vegas Document, which was structured similarly to this.
Lastly, I would like to have
some sort of permanent space to display the images. This will not only provide
a great display and tourist attraction, but it will give photographers the
ability to come in and work in a gallery-like setting. It will also bring
people from outside of a photo community into one. The downtown, First Friday
scene would be a great venue for something like this.
Why is this different? We
will produce a publication, have a space to display the imagery, keep it going,
and stay connected once a walk is over.
It’s also a way of taking a
popular, every-day activity of taking photos on the strip etc. and making it
something more than that.
In fact, the image that got me to SNC was taken on one of these adventures:
