I am really pleased with all the assignments that my tutor has set us so far. I have found them challenging and interesting at the same time.
My first idea for the photo story brief was to try to cover the changing face of the ambulance service. In the last 30 years the ambulance service like many other jobs has changed significantly. It used to be a male dominated working class job. Where as in the last ten to fifteen years. The staff that are now carrying out the work are of different sexes, differing backgrounds both culturally and socially. I had an idea of representing members if staff in their uniforms at work and possibly at home or socially. Another idea I considered was to photograph each colleague with an item from their own personal life. One colleague suggested photographing her with the Gay pride flag as it symbolised her sexual orientation. Another colleague suggested taking his picture with his prayer hat on.
Either to show colleagues in a photo in uniform then contrast this photo with an image of the. either at home or socialising.
I also had an idea of photographing a series of Bradford pubs that have now shut down. As I started my research I Realised fairly quickly that there are lots of pubs in and around Bradford that have shut down over the last few years. I sarted to compile a comprehensive list of closed pubs in Bradford over the last ten years. This was followed by an e.mail to the local paper (Telegraph and Argus). I also kept a close eye on the paper for further articles relating to pub closures of which there were a few.
During my research I discovered a lecturer at the University of Bradford had written a book regarding the demise of the great British pub and in particular Bradford pubs, I found his contact details here :
Quote from a university lecturer Paul Jennings :
Mindful of the boarded-up public houses we see as we travel around West Yorkshire we ask Paul if he thinks the local pub might have had its day. He says: "The society that underpinned local pubs has moved on. If you look at Bradford, and certainly parts of Leeds or Halifax, the population has changed. The white English-born population which supported pubs has largely moved out and a new population, largely from the Commonwealth, has moved in for whom pubs, generally speaking, are not part of their cultural landscape. Not totally, some groups - Sikhs perhaps - were using some of the pubs in Bradford when I was around."
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