EXTENDED: INTERNAL COLLABORATION FINDING PHOTOGRAPHERS

After reading the brief, me and my collaborator Zak put our heads together to try and figure out how we would answer this brief. We understood that we would have to make something more then just one simple look book given the fact there was two us attacking the project. We had the idea to collate several photographers on this project to really give us a chance to give the project some flesh. We began by looking through the Leeds arts university introduction to fashion manual. This was full of instagram handles of models, fashion designers and most importantly photographers. We scanned through the entire manual and came out with a list of about ten photographers. We split this list into two folders of work we liked and did not like. Then we split the ones we liked into two folders determining of they had graduated or not. If they were undergraduates we figured it would be more beneficial for the concept of communication. If they had graduated that was also fine.

After some time of contacting several fashion photographers, we ended up with a selection of three. Recent graduates Annie Raistrick, Matt Morris and level five student Farid Ghimas. We sent a small unrefined brief in a message to all of them asking if they were interested in a possible collaboration. We stated that we would be making a fashion look book but did not specify anything else. They were all very eager to be involved.

Matt explores a lot of portrait photography and profiling within his work. He is a recent graduate that now works between Leeds and London.  Matt has began to develop his work based around gender identity and sexuality which you can identify within his work, from his model choice and styling to the way he gets the models to pose.

Farid is a second year fashion photography student. Having someone who still works within the university will be excellent for communication purposes. He works on a lot of university based projects, currently working with other students constantly. His work infuses a lot of props within the shoots and great choice of location. 

Annie is also a recent graduate based in Leeds. She has had published work in several magazines including Voir and Vice. She explores a lot of different styles within her photography, some close up profile shots and some carefully laid out scenarios with great use of props.