tbone
3rd March 2011, 14:28
Hey guys and girls,
In 2008 I did a road trip around the whole of NZ on a 250 (the trip was to basically learn how to ride) - was a great trip and awesome learning experience, should have done it in summer rather than winter, but learnt heaps!
Basically I'm planning another one, but in 2012 - so it's a long way off. But this trip is a little different. I did the last trip in about 2 weeks, this trip could be a month or more. What makes this trip different, is the last one was more for me. Call it a spiritual thing, finding oneself - something like that. This trip however, I'm planning a big project at the same time.
What I’m doing is basically starting to write a book, a book of about New Zealanders and the jobs they do – basically the people that power the country. I generally want to have about a page about each person, and a photo of them (think of photos of coal miners – that type of photo – a photo that tells a story). I’m more looking at the blue collar workers (what I used to be) rather than office workers because they generally do harder work and they’re generally more interesting. Thinking of covering jobs like miners, fisherman on trawlers, builders, labourers, supermarket workers, bakeries. Basically covering all ages, all races, all sexes – everyone.
What I was wondering, are there any guys and girls out there that would be willing to have their photos taken and an interview (I wouldn't really call it that, I'd call it have a beer/coffee/water with a stranger and have a chat).
I’ve still got a lot of research to do, what places I’d cover, what questions to ask, but I think it’d make a pretty interesting project, both for myself travelling the country and one day when it gets published, hopefully people will read it and get a glimpse into other peoples life’s. Something will last a while I guess – people in 20 years could look back on it and see what people were like 20 years ago type thing.
Basically if you are an industrial electrician, wouldn't mind going on site, take photos of yourself doing your job - more candid photography. Or if you are a fisherman on a trawler, I dunno how this works, but I can cook, so can go out to sea, take photos, have a beer or two and help around with what needs helping. I'm trying to figure out how to get this off the ground really - I think it would be a great experience for myself, as well as a compilation of different people, different jobs, different lives.
My day job is a computer programmer, but that gets pretty tedious at times so in my spare time I write and do photography. Getting a flickr profile one day soon to post some photos that I've done in the past.
In 2008 I did a road trip around the whole of NZ on a 250 (the trip was to basically learn how to ride) - was a great trip and awesome learning experience, should have done it in summer rather than winter, but learnt heaps!
Basically I'm planning another one, but in 2012 - so it's a long way off. But this trip is a little different. I did the last trip in about 2 weeks, this trip could be a month or more. What makes this trip different, is the last one was more for me. Call it a spiritual thing, finding oneself - something like that. This trip however, I'm planning a big project at the same time.
What I’m doing is basically starting to write a book, a book of about New Zealanders and the jobs they do – basically the people that power the country. I generally want to have about a page about each person, and a photo of them (think of photos of coal miners – that type of photo – a photo that tells a story). I’m more looking at the blue collar workers (what I used to be) rather than office workers because they generally do harder work and they’re generally more interesting. Thinking of covering jobs like miners, fisherman on trawlers, builders, labourers, supermarket workers, bakeries. Basically covering all ages, all races, all sexes – everyone.
What I was wondering, are there any guys and girls out there that would be willing to have their photos taken and an interview (I wouldn't really call it that, I'd call it have a beer/coffee/water with a stranger and have a chat).
I’ve still got a lot of research to do, what places I’d cover, what questions to ask, but I think it’d make a pretty interesting project, both for myself travelling the country and one day when it gets published, hopefully people will read it and get a glimpse into other peoples life’s. Something will last a while I guess – people in 20 years could look back on it and see what people were like 20 years ago type thing.
Basically if you are an industrial electrician, wouldn't mind going on site, take photos of yourself doing your job - more candid photography. Or if you are a fisherman on a trawler, I dunno how this works, but I can cook, so can go out to sea, take photos, have a beer or two and help around with what needs helping. I'm trying to figure out how to get this off the ground really - I think it would be a great experience for myself, as well as a compilation of different people, different jobs, different lives.
My day job is a computer programmer, but that gets pretty tedious at times so in my spare time I write and do photography. Getting a flickr profile one day soon to post some photos that I've done in the past.