41/50 Bella with Lise & Maela
42/50 Adam & I
43/50 Amy, sister-in-law
44/50 Katie, vintage fair
45/50 Blaise, Kurt Geiger Shop
46/50 Rose, local hero
47/50 Lee, DHI
48/50 Jacob
49/50 Joss, DJ
50/50 Betty, Photographer of the 50 Project
There are a few conclusive thoughts in order.
1. The project has panned out differently to what I expected before I
started it. I expected more creative portraits like the ‘bike geek’
(11/50) or set scenes like ‘Sarah & Samuel’ (23/50). Instead the
portraits are very much ad hoc and as I went through life. The main
reason for this is that at this point in my life I simply don’t have
the time to set up a creative portrait every day.
2. The trend of this project developed within the first ten portraits:
to incorporate what the person in the portrait is about in the actual
image. The postman’s letter. The hairdresser’s beautiful hair. The
butcher’s knife and meat. The cooking queen's whisks. The majority of
all portraits are along these lines.
3. Even if people are happy to be photographed, they are not
necessarily confident in front of the camera and always need some
direction by the photographer.
4. My personality hasn’t changed. I still need a little time to warm
with my subject, I need to take at least 10 photos of that person and
the best picture is usually the last one taken.
5. I like how the trend of this project developed by itself. I love
going with the flow sometimes and see where it takes me. I don't feel
I have fully achieved what I had set out to achieve. Consequently I am
thinking about repeating the project, with different rules next time.
I am not sure yet what these rules will be. But I can fully recommend
doing a project like this to any experimental photographer!
