This past week I’ve been working with two of my fellow MA cohorts, Lucie & James, on a micro project. This has been my first piece of photo collaboration, having previously worked on graphic design and art projects with groups of people. One of the initial challenges was to navigate a way to communicate, using the universities’ ‘Canvas’ network allowed us to message and share images. With each of us working, time was a key issue, trying to kind time to email and respond reactively.

However only after a few emails we all settled on the technique of blurred motion as a common method to our photography. The next stage was an open discussion about how this would be used in context with a common theme and what that common theme would be. Ideas flowed quite naturally with us each adding a layer to the concept. We each set Wednesday as a target photo shoot day, each of us making photos in our various locations. These images were shared that evening and used to finalise the overall concept, context and project title “77 seconds” :

Having completed the project I look back at the process of collaboration and the challenges and benefits of working with other creatives. I found the biggest challenge was the lack of face to face contact and flow of communication that immediate contact can give. The main benefit to working collaboratively was being challenged to think a different way, taking into consideration another approach the same concept. As a result of this project I would welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively on a project in the future.