Moira briefed us on what we had to do and gave her own example then gave us five minutes to jot down bullet points on what we would say if we were stuck in an elevator with somebody we aspired to work with/for.
The room was set up in a sort of 'speed dating' style with two rows of chairs facing each other. The idea was to pitch to the person sat opposite you and then everyone would move across one seat until you had pitched to the whole group. Finally ending in you pitching to the group as a whole.
I will be honest, the last part scared the heck out of me but i felt really good after i'd done it and when Moira commented that mine was 'Fantastic!' i felt a sigh of relief. This was a form of practicing my target 1: Confidence in talking to larger groups about my own work.
Obviously it won't be the same as i can't speak it to you but i will type below roughly what i said in my elevator pitch:
(I was imaginary pitching to the editor/director of British Journal of Photography)
Hello,
I am interested in why people take photographs?
This all sparked off from a quote by Nan Goldin when asked why she takes photographs, her response was that she takes photographs because she wants to capture memories and never loose anybody and this got me thinking as to why i take photographs.
In this digital age where the majority of people own a device which take photographs i want to stop people and ask them why? Why they feel the need to portray their point of view on the world through imagery.
I want to challenge the notion of whether we 'make' pictures or 'take' pictures
I feel my work would fit in very well with your journal and i want my work to be seen by photographers and they are who read your journal. I want to get them thinking and questioning themselves.
Thankyou
I have already started to pursue this idea and here are some of my experimental images inspired by Jim Goldberg and Wendy Ewald.
