Blog Post 3.

 I have always been interested in photography in general. Since I started studying fashion styling and production, I immersed myself in photography more and more. 

But I never approached myself to contemporary portrait photography before. When the list of projects came out, I already knew portrait photography would be the one I would choose.
At the begging, I was scared to not being able to keep up with the project, but during the process of it, I realised how much interesting and easy it actually was. Especially with the great work of our tutors. I had the chance to discover a portrait photographer that fascinated me a lot, Francesca Woodman. I love how she used to manipulate lights, angles and perspective to make her pictures unique. Sadly she killed herself really young but it has been inspiring to see her work, especially during this hard time where we are supposed to stay home.
The pandemic we are living in, helped me in a sort of way to get closed to portrait photography. I have spent most of my time alone with my family and I enjoyed to take portraits of myself and of my beloved ones. Although we are all distant because of COVID-19, I had the chance to visit a hospital during this hard time. I decided to take a single picture of one of the empty corridor, opposite to the COVID-19 department. It was a sort of mix of a peaceful and a tragic moment at the same time. It may not seem to be related to Better Lives themes, but it actually is for me. 

Seeing all the doctors and nurses working together to help their patients, it reminded me how strong we can be when we work all together to fight a common “enemy”. It reminded me on all the classes I attended for Better Lives unit, where we talked about power, inclusivity, diverseness and social responsibility. As we are fighting against COVID-19, we can do the same to create a better and more conscious fashion industry.