...the brief...

... changing people's perceptions of wealth and poverty...

but i was thinking, people obviously depending on their culture/upbringing, have different perceptions around this subject. In order to gain a better understanding I am going to create a questionnaire which i will send out to everyone studying MA, as this will give me a strong variety of cultures and ages.

I also need to visit wealthy and poor areas around London, this will allow me to see what visuals i have to work with, how they differentiate and how they could potentially be used within my narrative.

I visited my grandparents for inspiration this week and some interesting issues arose, such as the fact that people in poverty are in some cases happier than wealthy people, as they have less commodities to worry about and are under no pressure to lead a materialistic lifestyle. It was apparent in Barbados, when i visited in the summer their lives are incredibly simple. They live in, what we would consider, poor circumstances, however they were high spirited and contempt with their lives.

During this first week of research i have been having some thoughts on possible ideas for this brief. From the photographs i have viewed with similar representations around the subject of wealth and poverty, the majority of them feature people. Obviously the use of people in photography is a traditional way of presenting topics such as this. However i have a determination of creating something completely original, i would like to try and achieve this by avoiding using people in my narrative. Perhaps objects or other visuals can say just as much with a strong concept behind it and will also subsequently erase the opportunity for the audience to judge when people are presented.