Press photo Laura 2.c, Johanne 1.c, Yasmine 3.c og Nina 3.c
29/2 2016
Stereotypes - True or False?
We photographed a woman in a hot-dog stand at Kultorvet. The window works as a frame, that combined with the sterility of the steel, has a resemblance to a cage. She is raised above the ground, and combined with her physical distance to the customers - enabled by the hotdog stand itself -, emphasizes the cage effect. The steel and sterility gives a very industrialised impression, leaving little room for personal interior decoration. The woman we photographed, seems like a person who surrounds herself with knick-knack, and creates a homely environment. This makes the hot-dog stand seem impersonal, although she fills it with warmth. We noticed that the colour red is recurring, and therefore we chose to emphasize it. She first caught our attention because the bright colours; the hot-dog stand, her hair and her tshirt are all red. She looked very happy and welcoming. When we walked past her, she was talking to a customer, gesticulating as she was speaking. When we asked her if we could take a photo, she kindly said yes, but you could see her suddenly looking more shy, with her arms resting on her thighs. Maybe she reminded us of people we have met before, maybe we have met her stereotype before. Despite that we don't know her, and have never met her before, we have an idea of who she is. We see her as a warm, kind, chatty, strict but fair woman. Her job needs her to be open and talkative, we can picture her having regular customers, coming by for a little chat about something like the weather, politics or if they come very often, she might ask to their family.
Press photo Laura 2.c, Johanne 1.c, Yasmine 3.c og Nina 3.c
29/2 2016
While taking this photo, the woman was having a conversation with one of her customers. They were both laughing, and it seemed like they were having a good time. Andreas Bro talked a lot about catching people while they are not posing and to make it seem like you, as a photographer, are not even there. Before taking this photo, we asked her if it was okay to photograph and it was, so she sat down and smiled, but it seemed very arranged. When the customer started talking to her, she smiled a lot more natural at him, and that made the photo a lot better. She is placed in the right corner of the photo to get some of her work space in the photo as well. In the Portraits Andreas Bro has made, he focuses on the surroundings as much as the person he is photographing, therefore we have chose to focus on the hot-dog stands inside as much as focusing on her. We would place her in the rose area in the Minerva model. There we have: people who are connected to family and to the local area, we think that fits very well with our idea of her, and her job. This job is probably not her first choice, and it requires no education. Maybe she physically can't do anything else, or maybe she doesn’t have other options. Her job gives a low income, and people don’t think highly of people who work in hot-dog stands, so the job gives low prestige. Both things are in the Minerva model under the rosa part.