To kick start the project I took a few days of my research weeks to journey around London, visually and mentally recording what I saw and hoping to find 'something' that would direct my work. The weather was dull and it left my photographs feeling uninspired and lost.
I visited the Hayward Gallery to see 'Light Show' and was blown away by the amazing light installations and the many ways that these artists have used and manipulated light. It was very up-lifting. The colour, light, and contrasts that I saw displayed there lead me to explore the colourful graffiti of Shoreditch, the tunnel beneath Waterloo, and the lights of the cars travelling in and around the city at night.
I found myself beginning to become lead by shape and colour as opposed to the 'London skyline' as I had originally thought I would be when embarking upon the new brief. I did visit places such as Buckingham Palace, thinking I may do little bitty drawings, but I felt that in my past graphic design work I had overdone that style already.
...during one of my days in the city two girls from Uni joined me in my research, it was nice to share what we saw and interesting to see how all three of us recognise very different things in our surroundings even though we see through the same eyes.
