As myself and my photography peers come to the end of our time at university, we were encouraged to enter Source Magazine Graduate Prize 2020. This is a great way to showcase our work and get our names out into the industry post university. To enter there was a £33 fee with a submission allowance of up to 8 images and a 120 word synopsis regarding the body of work. When entered you will automatically be considered for a 6 month position as a Royal Opera House in-house photographer, a great way to learn more about the professional industry and gain experience this way.
My project, ‘The Workings of Port Talbot’ was submitted for the prize. I feel that this project is one of my best projects and definitely one that I am proud to showcase. This project is a solely landscape based body of work which looks into the pollution rates of the town, as it is known for being one pf Britain’s most polluted towns. With it’s pollution rates being on the verge of dangerous, Port Talbot made me want to explore the area and the life lived there.
When choosing the images for submission, I took into consideration the sequencing of the 8 I chose and ended up submitting the maximum of 8 images. Each image was full of information about Port Talbot and it’s characteristics, showing a different side to the town with each frame. I made sure to choose images which subject matter clearly showed to deterioration of the town and ensured they were not repetitive and flowed well in the sequence. When writing the synopsis for this project, I made sure I clearly wrote the importance of the project and what it showed in a clear and concise format.
