One thing the past few weeks has shown me is something I’ve been aware of for a while now – that to make the transition from hobby to bona fide photographer I have to move from creating visually attractive single images to constructing sets and narratives.
Although this is essentially what I’ve done with words for six years as a reporter, how to make the shift isn’t obvious…how much you control and contrive that story or how much you just shoot and let it emerge organically is something I’m going to have to discover myself by investing the necessary time and emotional energy into some projects of my own.
Part of my time in India was spent visiting NGO projects, more on which later. I haven’t really sifted through what I have yet but here’s a taster of where I’ve been going with things…click on the images to go large
