For this part of the project, I thought I would follow the same idea as my previous Portraiture project in which I include the aspect of drugs. However, with these photos, they will not come across as literal as the previous project and I will show my subjects under the influence of alcohol instead of simply in possession of the substance. My main inspiration for this was a photographer name Nan Golding who would commonly take pictures of people whilst under the influence of alcohol, drugs. She liked to show “a self-absorbed, often revelatory world” (Hagan, 2014) says the Guardian writer Sean O’hagan who discusses how Nan Goldin’s photography impacted the world and showed the world in a light never before seen on picture(ibid).

Alcohol

This was an interesting portrait to take. Here you have a woman in Mcdonalds after having had a good night out. She was very vacant when I asked if I could take a picture of her but allowed me. When taking the image, I asked her to relax so she began leaning on her hand and I took a few pictures. She began looing off into the distance which I felt added a distracted look. The lighting in mcdonalds worked in my favour as it allowed me to just let the camera do all the work.

This was a very difficult picture to take. The subject seemed further intoxicated than the previous subject although he seemed almost excited at the prospect of having his picture taken. He was unable to stand still which caused a motion blur when taking the image. I asked him to smile but when he tried, he began feeling awkward and couldn’t stop smirking. This was taken in the lobby of Student housing which had ceiling and wall mounted lights, they gave a dimmer look than Mcdonalds. The framing I thought worked well in this however the wall mounted light was in shot more than I had anticipated and the subject had left before I noticed.