A New Photography Project: The Dying Breed
Last year, I started a 52 week project, My Surrounding Neighborhoods, that I ended up not completing. I’ve realized that I enjoy and thrive at photography projects that do not have time restrictions or mandates, such as my current Black and White Dollar Portrait (BW$P) Project. Even though I have a hard time approaching random people and asking for their portrait, I’ve been itching to start a new project that involves just that.
The Dying Breed
With this country cracking down more and more on tobacco smokers and the undeniable evidence of tobacco being a cause of cancer and other major health issues, more and more people will continue to quite smoking. Though it will most definitely not happen within my lifetime, eventually, smokers will diminish as will tobacco companies.
The premise of this photography project is, simple: to capture portraits of people in the act of smoking. I will simply approach any individual I come across smoking and ask if they mind participating in my project. I have already been rejected 50% of the time, but I am hoping I will be able to get enough people to agree to put together 100 unique portraits. If I reach 100 easily, I’ll consider increasing this number.
Let the project begin…
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