Still in the Game
Bailey, Liam (2022)
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022120927540
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022120927540
Tiivistelmä
This thesis describes a practice-led enquiry into an older white heteronormative community in Norwich, in the east of England – one that forms part of a larger ongoing image project on retirement practices (set in the context of the fact that the population of developing countries is proportionally getting older).
The subject and subject cohort were established as a result of my enduring interest in football, and my recent return to playing the game via Walking Football, a form of the game in which the pace and style of play are adapted to reduce the risk of injury. The subjects with whom I worked are all part of a Walking Football club in my home town: Norwich Soca Seniors (The Football Association, 2019). This enquiry centred on the evolution of my photographic method to explore the relevance of known genres including reportage, the snapshot portrait and constructed digital portraiture. The form the work currently takes is 11 individually constructed portraits and a set of collectable football cards, together with a soundscape created from field recordings. In the conclusion, I assess whether being a part of the production of this work has broadened the thinking of the individuals involved (as well as those in the wider community connected to Soca Seniors), and enabled them to see themselves in a different context.
The subject and subject cohort were established as a result of my enduring interest in football, and my recent return to playing the game via Walking Football, a form of the game in which the pace and style of play are adapted to reduce the risk of injury. The subjects with whom I worked are all part of a Walking Football club in my home town: Norwich Soca Seniors (The Football Association, 2019). This enquiry centred on the evolution of my photographic method to explore the relevance of known genres including reportage, the snapshot portrait and constructed digital portraiture. The form the work currently takes is 11 individually constructed portraits and a set of collectable football cards, together with a soundscape created from field recordings. In the conclusion, I assess whether being a part of the production of this work has broadened the thinking of the individuals involved (as well as those in the wider community connected to Soca Seniors), and enabled them to see themselves in a different context.