I approached this assignment without stressing too much. I just wanted to go out and enjoy taking photos in the streets with my two film cameras.

I went straight to Portobello on Saturday, shot two rolls of films and developed the same evening at home. I had not a particular idea about what to shoot, but walking and seeking for some in the street.

When I developed my films, I realised that my eye captured people faces close to faces in ads.

So I came back to Portobello the next morning with a clear idea of what I wanted to shoot.






The two images are not related to each other. In the first, I tried to create a narrative image, with Tatcher's and Queen's masks in the foreground, the Portobello sign and the flag.
In the second, I find interesting the portrait of a man close to the young face in the ad.
I think, as for every assignment, I get many ideas to develop in the future, if only I had time to develop now!


TECHNICALITIES
-The first development went wrong. I developed a 100 ISO film with 400 ISO times. I must be very careful next time.
-Also, I should buy a proper film can opener instead of using tweezers. I shut my fingers inside the pop up changing bag and I did not know if there was blood. Splatter negative development.

Make up in the tube, London 2015

Today I start writing about my journey in Photography. My name is Flavia and I am a London based photographer. I am currently studying at UAL, Graduate Diploma in Photography. I went through the gates being an amateur, now I think and dream photography all day (and night) long.
I am starting this blog as a diary, trying to make order in my everyday experiences and sharing my own thoughts and findings.
This blog will contain all ideas, projects and works in progress. It is meant to show my mental and creative processes approaching photography issues. I have always been convinced that photography does not need explanation at all, that photographs (as good photographs) should be able to speak for themselves. This is slightly changing with time. I now feel that being able to talk about photographs is a plus and an invaluable skill for anyone approaching photography. I am not very good at explaining myself with words and, I think, this is the reasons why I approached photography and why it is so fascinating to me.
Now, I have to admit, although I still think that good photography does not need so much explanation, I see visual analysis as a very useful instrument to understand better the process behind a photo. I am naturally forcing myself to read deeper, ask many questions and guessing the answers towards a better understanding.

My interests in photography are in portraiture, black and white and street photography. I love alternative processes. After one month at University, things are changing a bit. I am now keen to explore many different fields, such as fashion photography and commercial. I am very curious about which direction my photography will go from now 'till the end of the course.