Hello! My name's Chris and I'm studying Photography at Stevenson College.
As part of the course we have to do a documentary project; the brief is wide and vague so there is a great deal of scope.
I am looking at covering local craftspeople - jewellers, carpenters, seamstresses... just about anything. What I would like to show is people who are keeping skills alive which would otherwise be edged out by mass production and imports from the far east.
I'm not sure yet how best to portray these skills; it might be people at work, people standing proudly in their workspace or people using the crafts of their labour. The first step is to find a good sampling of people who I might be able to visit and get pictures of.
If you would like an idea of what I do you can see some examples at www.chrisdonia.co.uk. Obviously if it all works out I would want to provide a copy of the final image to those involved.
If you're interested, get in touch on edinburghcraftspeople@gmail.com and we can discuss possibilities...
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