This further highlights too me the constant motion that homeless peoples lives are in, which means that they can never properly settle. This did then give me the option to document the space, to produce the same 'before and after' shots that I took at the Oxford Road Camp. I think that these images work well next to the interiors of the tents because on one hand I'm showing the viewer how they are trying to make a life for themselves and then I show the viewer the lifeless scenes after they have moved on. I believe that these 'after' scenes are more of an eye sore than the tents, because were just left looking at an empty urban landscape.
Again to produce these images I had to look at those that I had already captured from the Charles Street camp to then make sure that my angles and composition were the same for the after shots. The big difference here compared to the Oxford Road Camp before and after, was that with the tent interior shots you don't have any reference points to where the image was actually taken because you can only see inside the tent. But because it had only been a few days since I took the original photographs, I still remembered where each tent was situated which meant I could then use the same techniques to capture the 'after' shots. The portraits I captured of Paul were easier to produce the after shots because you can see the wall in the background to use as reference points for composition and angle.
I think these two images work well because of how opposite they look, they both use the same angles and techniques of capture such as using a wide angle lens with a large f/stop number, but one is colourful and clean while the other looks cold and dirty. I think making the before smaller and the after larger is a good technique to leave the viewer a more lasting memory of the after. This memory ensures that they know, that this is how the area looks after the homeless move away, and much to most peoples shock it actually looks worse after they've moved on.
Again like the first two, these two create the same feelings of a warm and colourful before, and then being left with the after scene which is baron and cold. I think the graffiti on the wall increases the viewers of dirt and it being unclean or safe.
Unlike the first two comparisons, I think these two images aren't as contrasting because the 'before' image already looks quite dirty and squalid. But I think the 'before' image still has more signs of life and energy than the 'after' image because you can see that someone is living there, whereas the 'after' image just looks deserted.
I don't think these two comparisons works very well, because I couldn't capture enough of the scale in the 'before' image which has meant that the images don't reflect each other enough meaning that its harder for the viewer to compare the two.
I really like these two images next to each other because I think the portrait I took of Paul has so much hope and contentment to each, which the viewer is then forced to compare with the 'after' shot which instantly makes them wonder whats happened to him and if he's okay.
I think having the images next to each other will definitely be a good way of exhibiting my work if I were to use these for my final exhibition. The reason behind this being that the viewer will be able to make better comparisons between the two images, and hopefully make the realise how quickly homeless people are moved on and actually the before images look more friendly and appealing than the after.
After capturing the 'after' photographs to be compared with the 'before' I then went around the camp with my 35mm lens to capture the small signs of life that have been left from the homeless camp.
This 10 cents coin suggests that some of the homeless people are from Europe and strengthens the theme of movement that I'm trying to show within these images.
The bottle of vodka which has been left could point to the fact that some of the homeless people drank to have more comfortable sleeps because it helped make them forgot about the cold. Some of the homeless people asked me to buy them alcohol for exactly this reason, which of course I didn't. The image suggests to the viewer how many homeless people could have drug problems, just to try and make themselves more comfortable while living on the streets. This further helps explain how the live day to day.
Again this is another bottle of alcohol, but this time its surrounded by many objects including lighters, smashed glass and also a broken tent pole. I think the little objects around the alcohol helps paint a picture for the viewer about what might be going on under this bridge.
I think the red guide rope for a tent brings an interesting contrast in colour compared to the cold concrete, it gives the viewer a little sign of life which once was there.
Similar to the photograph above, these sticks have probably been places in here to help secure something such as a tent leg into this whole. I think this image is very minimalist looking, but the greater meaning behind it shows the these homeless people were trying to make the most out of what they had and could find. It also suggests that you need to be creative to solves certain problems that you may face.
Again this is another minimalist shot which makes the viewer think about what was once there. The severed red rope and left tent pole could also suggest that they had to leave in a hurry which meant leaving some objects behind.
Overall I think this shoot went well to firstly show the viewer the before and after photographs of the camp. These visual comparisons quickly show the viewer the difference between the bright and colourful before images compared to the dull and lifeless after images, which should make them think that actually maybe homeless tents aren't an eyesore and shouldn't be banned from the city which the council are trying to push forward. Furthermore, I think the images do work well in showing the viewer how some homeless people are trying to make a 'home' for themselves anywhere they can, and what they potentially have to do to make it comfortable to live in.
Lastly I think these images highlight to the viewer the amount moving that homeless people have to do, and when they get kicked out from a place they usually have to leave something behind because they can only take as much as they can carry which obviously restricts how many belongings they can have.
I think these images work well to begin to show the viewer the types of problems that homeless people living in tents face on daily bases including hygiene, safety and drug problems. This means that the techniques that I have been using to capture my subjects are working to coincide with my main theme inspired by Jacob Riis' How the other half live, which will be my inspiration to my whole project.