The area began to grow rapidly in population density after the government passed the British Nationality Act 1948, which allowed easier access into the country. Most businesses at the start were restaurants, but after the influx of more residents in the 1970s, medicine shops, Chinese supermarkets, as well as financial and legal services grew rapidly to serve the growing population. Now Chinatown is a big attraction to Manchester tourism due to its apparent difference to the rest of the city, it allows tourists to have a different cultural experience from what they usually may see. This area would be a good place to start representing Manchester's cultural diversity.
After looking at the different photographers previously mentioned, I want to photograph Chinatown from a specific documentary view, i.e. what is my focus going to be on while documenting the area. I feel that photographing the workers of the area would be a good place to start because they are intrinsically linked to the area, and represent the areas diversity as I have previously mentioned. Also I have previously seen work by August Sander in which his focus was portraits of 20th century workers which I can use for inspiration to start my project.
After looking at the different photographers previously mentioned, I want to photograph Chinatown from a specific documentary view, i.e. what is my focus going to be on while documenting the area. I feel that photographing the workers of the area would be a good place to start because they are intrinsically linked to the area, and represent the areas diversity as I have previously mentioned. Also I have previously seen work by August Sander in which his focus was portraits of 20th century workers which I can use for inspiration to start my project.
photo by Zimin175 (http://www.neehao.co.uk/2012/06/manchester-chinatown-dragon-boat-race/)