
As you can see from these photographs, Friedlander's work was very socially aware as all of his reflections images captured people within them, usually on the inside and outside of the reflection as can be seen from this photograph. I think more than any think these photographs work well in representing to the viewer, in an unusual way, what life was like in the 60s and 70s.
After photographing Chinatown, Northern Quarter and the first shoot of Curry Mile, I wanted to do an experiment which meant changing how my subject would be standing within the shop they work in. This change would be influenced by Lee Friedlander's 'At Work' photographs.
Friedlander changed his technique quite drastically for his set of images which related to his title of 'At Work', for this project he still focused on social aspects of life but instead of shooting outside in the street he went and photographed people at their job. Something which contrasts his and my style of working is that his images look like they are shot without the subject knowing (candid), although what is more likely is that Friedlander has been allowed into the specific workplace to shoot, and then he's told people to carry on with what they're doing and to ignore the camera. Doing this allows him to create well composed images of people at work while seeming like the subjects are oblivious to the camera. The places he chose to photograph were very hands on places, such as sewing and carpentry factories.

For my project I'm going to try and use Friedlander's techniques of capturing the subject interacting with something they sell or make, but using my continued technique of capturing a portrait of them which they are fully aware of. So basically I'm going to try and take the hands on aspect of his images which photograph people mid-work and apply them to my portrait based work. This development will be applied to my next shoot on the Curry Mile.