My first effort for this weeks blog was a bit of a whinge fest , so I ripped it up and started again , no Edwyn Collins , Orange Juice reference intended !
No, no no , positive and inspirational is the tone of this blog today, even if I have yet to identify the subject of this blog to myself at this point ?
I’ll have a ramble and see where it goes ?
Street Photography blogging might be in the doldrums due to lockdown , social distancing and a invisible apathetic population but Street Photographers can at least look forward to inhabiting and photographing what could be a new social landscape soon , whatever that means ?
A brave new world ?
Will Street Photography return to the same old , same old ?
How will the new normal and post pandemic Street photography look ?
Do you have photographic plans for this year , what will you shoot once UK lockdown lifts ?
It’s time for me to start looking forward with a level of positivity and optimism , even if it is nothing more than a survival mechanism that helps me get through the muted tones of lockdown life and the photographic here and now !
My world, like yours became a lot smaller during the past year , my photography became very local , I explored a suburban landscape through necessity and was surprised by the depth that existed once I started looking with a level of seriousness and expectation !
Plastic Green House , 2020
The British suburban landscape is certainly worth a look for those photographers who might be at a enforced crossroads with their personal Photography as the nation re-aligns to the future . A suburban art movement has existed in the UK for years, practitioners like Shaw and Bush are well worth checking out for inspiration .
A quiet suburban aesthetic can be compelling for photographers too, once you start to see it !
The beauty of the urban everyday hides behind a level of familiarity for most of us but it will reveal itself once you get tuned in , the traditional approach to photographing the suburban mundane could become the new subject of choice for urban based photographers until the invisible population and full on social gatherings return.
Mundane subjects do not have to become mundane photographs !
Its no surprise to me that these minor miracles of light and beauty turn up in unlikely places at unexpected times , you have to be receptive to the idea of the extraordinary ordinary to see them !
Look closer to home for your next photo subjects, take your neighborhood seriously , its full of surprises !
Stay positive , stay local and stay safe ….
Gate , 2020
David Barrett shot the pandemic crisis during 2020, The Testing Times project can be seen by clicking above .
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He is based in the South West of England .